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Weyes Blood

Weyes Blood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Perfume Genius, The Kinks, Bob Seger, Enya and The Magnetic Fields. Those roots explain a lot about how Weyes Blood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Julia Holter, Linda Perhacs, St. Vincent, Jessica Pratt and Joni Mitchell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zella Day, Caroline Polachek, Lana Del Rey, Tim Heidecker and Drugdealer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Weyes Blood, reaching back through Perfume Genius and forward to Zella Day. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Natalie Laura Mering, known professionally as Weyes Blood, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Weyes BloodPerfume GeniusThe KinksBob SegerEnyaThe Magnetic FieldsGene KellyScott WalkerThe Velvet UndergroundZella DayCaroline PolachekLana Del ReyTim HeideckerDrugdealerJulia HolterLinda PerhacsSt. VincentJessica PrattJoni MitchellKelsey LuSharon Van EttenJockstrap

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Weyes Blood grew out of Perfume Genius, The Kinks, Bob Seger and Enya, shares an orbit with Julia Holter, Linda Perhacs, St. Vincent and Jessica Pratt, went on to shape Zella Day, Caroline Polachek, Lana Del Rey and Tim Heidecker. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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