abstract:Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s (Josef K and Orange Juice) and the dominant UK independent band of the mid-'80s, The Smiths. Indie pop was inspired by punk's DIY ethic and related ideologies, and it generated a thriving fanzine, label, and club and gig circuit.
The band mixes the sounds of psychedelic music with pop, indie rock and "freak folk."
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Though Gomez has veered away from his Brazilian and Cuban influences in his solo music in exchange for a more dreamy, indiepop sound, subtle traces of Latin music are still detectable.
Carosel, an Irish IndiePop band now based in Paris, created its soon to be released album, Back to the Start, via the power of the internet, technology, emails and of course killer guitar and vocals.