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Post-punk revival (also known as indie rock revival) is a genre or movement of indie rock that emerged in the early 2000s as musicians started to play a stripped down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock inspired by the original sounds and aesthetics of post-punk, new wave and garage rock.
Jan 14, 2022 · The new wave of post-punk might be much ‘cooler’ than the revival bands of the mid-2000s, but in many instances, their significance is equally as questionable. The new crop of post-punk bands are only so in one way: they are of their time.
New Wave / Post-Punk Revival. During the late '90s and early 2000s, a rash of bands -- including Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes, and the Rapture -- surfaced with clear indebtedness to post-punk and new wave, bearing inspirations like Blondie, Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Wire.
May 6, 2021 · On thrilling debut albums by Squid, Dry Cleaning and Black Country, New Road, the aftershocks of '80s post-punk tremble against stark new realities in British and Irish life.
Jun 3, 2023 · A renewed interest in a genre that prioritised DIY communities, art and culture was fitting, given that the genre has even been referred to as the post-Brexit new wave. So the post-punk revival was born. Bands combined abrasive and angular guitar with arty funk to vent their frustration with the political landscape.
After the first post-punk wave has ended, and most influential bands were gone, or started to play new wave, or synthpop, some bands decided to bring it back to life. In a newer way, that means, usually less depressive, and less influenced by the punk wave, that made it all happen.
As with the post-punk and new wave bands of the late '70s and early '80s, there was a lot of diversity in the approaches of the post-punk/new wave revivalists, ranging from atonal scrap heaps (Liars) to hyper-melodic pop songs (the Sounds).
