Noise pop

Noise pop is characterized by a mixture of dissonant, abrasive noise and guitar feedback combined with pop-oriented songwriting. AllMusic describes the style as occupying "the halfway point between bubblegum and the avant-garde". Accordingly, noise pop "often has a hazy, narcotic feel, as melodies drift through the swirling guitar textures. But it can also be bright and lively, or angular and challenging." == History ==

AllMusic cites the Velvet Underground as the earliest roots of the genre, with their experiments with feedback and distortion on their early albums. Scottish band the Jesus and Mary Chain's 1985 debut, Psychocandy, is considered to be the earliest archetype for the noise pop genre, the band drew influence from the Velvet Underground, with their releases inspiring later prominent noise pop acts such as Meat Whiplash and The Flaming Lips. Many early noise pop artists were associated with the British C86 movement. == Legacy ==

Later in the 1980s, noise pop was a major inspiration for the British shoegazing movement. Noise pop continued to be influential in the indie rock scene into the 1990s. Jenn Pelly, writing for Pitchfork on the legacy of Vivian Girls, refers to the band belonging to a "bicoastal late-aughts noise pop scene". She also refers to, in a separate article from around the same time, a "2008 noise-pop boom" containing bands such as Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. == See also ==