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Post-punk revival 2001
The same basslines and the same chill, revived every ten years with contemporary production.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 8
- Where from
- New York / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 120-160 bpm
- Song length
- 3-5 min
- Written about
- Alienation, The city, Politics, on the later bands, Detachment as a posture
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Post-punk revival | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 3 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 2001 | 100% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 8 out of 10 | 80% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 87% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 9. Post-punk revival ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures 1979
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures. Martin Hannett's production is half the record.
- 2The one to put on first
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights 2002
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights. Post-2001 New York, in sound.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Post-punk, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Post-punk revival's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Midwest emo 86%
Open tunings and interlocking arpeggios, odd meters and lyrics about autumn and empty rooms.
6 steps from Post-punk revival, meeting it only at Punk rock.
The way into Midwest emo -
Dream pop 84%
The same reverb haze, but with the melody left on the surface and the tempo slower.
6 steps from Post-punk revival, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Dream pop
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 9.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 9.
- Slow. Let it take its time. put 22 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Hardcore punk, Black metal, Death metal. Worth 2 of 9.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 9.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.