Lovely and Stubborn and Brave

Obviously, twee was a subculture based around a musical genre. There are three waves of twee, as far as we are concerned: “original” late-’80s to early-’90s twee, which tweaked punk styles into pop, later ’90s twee like Belle & Sebastian which expanded on early twee, and the “revival” twee that we’ve seen grow popular in the last few years. Among the OGs of twee, a few essential bands are The Wedding Present, Heavenly, Tiger Trap, and Talulah Gosh. This music frequently sounded intentionally amateurish, like it might fall apart at any time. Nevertheless, these bands’ music was catchy, fun, and different from anything that had come before. After they had established the indie pop aesthetic, bands like Belle and Sebastian, Tullycraft, and The Lucksmiths were able to bring along fuller arrangements with more instruments, and a more careful and less punk-influenced sound. Finally, over the past few years we’ve seen a resurgence of twee-influenced bands, like Camera Obscura and Allo Darlin’, along with bands who infuse twee spirit into more experimental music, like Architecture in Helsinki.

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Indie pop is a personal issue for me.  (via hardlyart)

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A music fan that doesn’t have it in them to find new music anymore is like absolute death to me. What are you even doing being alive if you’re not trying to constantly grow? And I don’t mean just in terms of music, but in terms in pushing yourself to try different foods and watch different kinds of movies. The world encourages you to lock into a particular routine. I fucking hate when I hear people in their 50s say, “I’m too old to change.” Fuck you, you’re lucky to be alive, asshole. Why don’t you try to grow? It’s a gift to get to be born and not suddenly die of cancer or get hit by a car. One day, you’re gonna be a rotting body in the ground and you’re gonna be like, “Wow, I kinda wish I listened to new music from ages 30 to 70.

—Will Sheff continues to be the best. (via hardlyart)

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