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The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums. Drift off with Beach House, Cocteau Twins, Grouper, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and more. By Pitchfork. April 16, 2018. Graphic by Martine Ehrhart. With many...
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as reverb, echo, tremolo, and chorus.
- Not Drowning, Waving- Another Pond (Rampart Releases, 1984) Our first entry on this list is an unsuspecting and extremely underrated one, released a few years before the genre was “officially” coined, but no less deserving of inclusion.
- The Wake- Here Comes Everybody (Factory, 1985) Often dismissed as a Joy Division/New Order clone (depending on which record you consider), Scotland’s The Wake layer bright lines over reverb-drenched production, writing a series of perfect pop songs that would inform much of the Captured Tracks roster over 30 years later.
- Felt- Ignite the Seven Cannons (Cherry Red, 1985) In a category all their own, Felt’s flirtation with introspective popstar success never quite projected the band into the stratosphere, but their influence sent shockwaves across the indie scene that can still be felt to date.
- Dif Juz- Extractions (4AD, 1985) One of 4ADs most underrated bands also received the magic touch of Guthrie and Frasier, adding their telltale sense of beauty and wonder to the band’s debut album.
Aug 24, 2020 · Like indie rock and alt-country and innumerable other subgenres, dream pop is a fluid set of sounds. There is no one right way to make a dream pop album, but when you hear a good one,...
Apr 15, 2018 · The 10 Best Dream Pop Albums. Coined in the late 1980s to describe the slow, jazzy psychedelia by the British duo A.R. Kane, the term “dream pop” soon came to describe a genre of its own.
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May 21, 1990 · Pitchfork's 30 Best Dream Pop Albums. A list of the top albums of the year from Pitchfork (Dream Pop). Site also contains reviews, ratings & more.
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Dream Pop is an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. Dream pop often features breathy vocals and processed, echo-laden guitars and synthesizers.
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