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Neo-psychedelia 1980
Psychedelia retold by every new generation, with digital studios and rather less mysticism.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 4
- Melody
- 8
- Where from
- USA / UK / Australia
- Tempo
- 90-140 bpm
- Song length
- 3-7 min
- Written about
- Interiority, Memory, Altered perception, at a remove, Loneliness
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Neo-psychedelia | 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? | 4 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1980 | 100% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Interiority, Memory, Altered perception, at a remove, Loneliness | 100% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 7 min | 79% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 90% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 10. Neo-psychedelia 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
Pink Floyd, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive. Ten minutes that explain half this tree.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
- 2The one to put on first
Tame Impala, Lonerism 2012
Tame Impala - Lonerism. One man, a bedroom studio, a stadium sound.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Psychedelic rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Neo-psychedelia'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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Dream pop 90%
The same reverb haze, but with the melody left on the surface and the tempo slower.
5 steps from Neo-psychedelia, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Dream pop -
Coldwave / minimal wave 89%
European post-punk on cheap drum machines: cold synths, distant vocals, the atmosphere of a grey housing block in winter.
5 steps from Neo-psychedelia, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Coldwave / minimal wave
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 10.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 10.
- 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 10.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 10.
- The inside of a head put 88 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Black metal. Worth 1 of 10.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 10.
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.