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Drad Can Dance is usually categorized as Neoclassical Darkwave


* Music/DeadCanDance (crossing over into Goth and world music)
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-> "''To reach out and touch this music would be like putting your hand through a cloud."''

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-> "''To ''"To reach out and touch this music would be like putting your hand through a cloud."''
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-->--Lindsay Soladz, review of ''Music/{{Visions}}'' by Music/{{Grimes}} for Pitchfork

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-->--Lindsay Soladz, review [[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16211-grimes-visions review]] of ''Music/{{Visions}}'' by Music/{{Grimes}} for Pitchfork
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-> "''To reach out and touch this music would be like putting your hand through a cloud."''
-->--Lindsay Soladz, review of ''Music/{{Visions}}'' by Music/{{Grimes}} for Pitchfork
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* Music/{{Faunts}}
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** 2011 - Music/HurryUpWereDreaming
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* Music/EthelCain
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* Music/{{Yeule}}
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* Music/{{Grimes}} (also SynthPop, IndiePop, AlternativeDance)
** ''Music/{{Visions}}''
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* Music/TheChurch

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* Music/TheChurchMusic/TheChurchBand
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* Music/{{Belly}}

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* Music/{{Belly}}Music/{{Belly|Band}}
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


Dream Pop is a specific subgenre of AlternativeRock that emerged in the middle of TheEighties, and is commonly associated with the label Creator/FourADRecords. As befitting its name, dream pop lies in the middle between {{Ambient}} music and pop: It borrows the emphasis on ethereal soundscapes typical of the former and applies it to the catchy melodies of the latter. Theoretically this gives it the best of both worlds, since it avoids both ambient's excessive monotony or [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible inscrutability]] and pop's shallower tendencies. In troper terms, it's basically the musical equivalent of SceneryPorn.

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Dream Pop is a specific subgenre of AlternativeRock that emerged in the middle of TheEighties, and is commonly associated with the label Creator/FourADRecords. As befitting its name, dream pop lies in the middle between {{Ambient}} music and pop: It borrows the emphasis on ethereal soundscapes typical of the former and applies it to the catchy melodies of the latter. Theoretically this gives it the best of both worlds, since it avoids both ambient's excessive monotony or [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible inscrutability]] inscrutability and pop's shallower tendencies. In troper terms, it's basically the musical equivalent of SceneryPorn.
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Another influence on the genre

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* Music/PinkFloyd: for early tracks like ''See Emily Play'', ''Julia Dream'' and ''Remember A Day''.
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* Music/{{Warpaint}}
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* Music/CandyClaws (self-described "dream, dream, dream, dream pop")

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* Music/CandyClaws (self-described "dream, "[[Music/TheEverlyBrothers dream, dream, dream dream, dream]] pop")
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* Music/MenITrust
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Dream pop's indie status means that its bands don't have access to incredibly advanced equipment or funds in their quest for sonic beauty. Typical characteristics of the genre include heavily processed guitars and synthesizers, breathy, high-pitched generally female vocals - the occasional male vocals show up but they tend to be just as breathy - and heavy use of [[EchoingAcoustics reverb and echo]] to give the songs a sort of celestial atmosphere. Basically, you can think of dream pop as the musical equivalent of SceneryPorn with a tendency to PerishingAltRockVoice. Thanks to its association with 4AD, the genre even had its own distinctive visual identity thanks to Vaughan Oliver and v23's work for that label: MinimalisticCoverArt designs employing very blurry imagery and occasional use of DeliberatelyMonochrome.

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Dream pop's indie status means that its bands don't have access to incredibly advanced equipment or funds in their quest for sonic beauty. Typical characteristics of the genre include heavily processed guitars and synthesizers, breathy, high-pitched generally female vocals - the occasional male vocals show up but they tend to be just as breathy - and heavy use of [[EchoingAcoustics reverb and echo]] to give the songs a sort of celestial atmosphere. Basically, you can think of dream pop as the musical equivalent of SceneryPorn with a tendency to PerishingAltRockVoice. Dream pop vocalists tend to use their voice more like an instrument, and thus lyrics tend to be hard to understand and mixed low. Thanks to its association with 4AD, the genre even had its own distinctive visual identity thanks to Vaughan Oliver and v23's work for that label: MinimalisticCoverArt designs employing very blurry imagery and occasional use of DeliberatelyMonochrome.
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* Music/CigarettesAfterSex
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* Music/TheAntlers


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* Music/{{Crosses}}

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** ''Music/FurAndGold'' (2006)

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** ''Music/FurAndGold'' (2006)2006 - ''Music/FurAndGold''



** ''Music/{{Blood}}'' (1991)

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** ''Music/{{Blood}}'' (1991)1991 - ''Music/{{Blood}}''
* Music/VaadatCharigim
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* Music/{{Chairlift}}
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The polar opposite of this genre is [[DoomMetal Drone Metal]], which is NightmareFuel in music form. Not to be confused with Ethereal Wave, a subgenre of GothRock.

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The polar opposite of this genre is [[DoomMetal Drone Metal]], which is NightmareFuel in music form. Not to be confused with Ethereal Wave, a LighterAndSofter subgenre of GothRock.
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The polar opposite of this genre is [[DoomMetal Drone Metal]], which is NightmareFuel in music form.

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The polar opposite of this genre is [[DoomMetal Drone Metal]], which is NightmareFuel in music form. Not to be confused with Ethereal Wave, a subgenre of GothRock.
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* Music/{{Air}} (also {{Ambient}} and ElectronicMusic)

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* Music/{{Air}} Music/{{Air|Band}} (also {{Ambient}} and ElectronicMusic)
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** 2022 - ''Music/SometimesForever''
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** 2020 - ''Music/ColorTheory''

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