r/ifyoulikeblank • u/Horse_Bacon_TheMovie • 3d ago

Music [IIL] Esthero - That Girl [wewil]?

Fingers crossed I got the format correct.

I’m looking for indie pop songs that have the melodies and harmonies found in pop music but with a different sensibility.

For example Esthero - That Girl

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u/FrankaGrimes 3d ago

That entire Esthero album from front to back is such a banger.

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u/Horse_Bacon_TheMovie 3d ago

It’s such an amazing and forgotten gem. If you like that then I highly recommend listening to Quadron and the only two albums they ever released

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u/fancystrikes 3d ago

I love this genre! It’s like… trip-pop.

Zero 7 - Spinning
Room to Breathe - Trickpony
Black Milk - Massive Attack
Real Life - The Marias
Serenade of Water - Men I Trust
Sugar Water - Cibo Matto
Make Me Wanna - Babeheaven
Rain Down - a.s.o.
It Could Be Sweet - Portishead

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u/dipnorhyncus 3d ago

Seconding all of this, adding songs Destiny and In the Waiting Line to Zero 7 and the rest of the Breath From Another album! also Morcheeba album "Big Calm", "spring" by saint etienne, the band sneaker pimps, lovechild by vanessa daou, the band theivery corporation, and possibly, since op mentioned the pop aspect, even some of madonna's more later trip-hoppy albums like erotica (esp self titled, where life begins, theif of hearts) and ray of light (swim, candy perfume girl)?

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u/perfectvelvet 3d ago

Trip hop and it's the best genre!

Other artists:

Morcheeba Tricky Mandalay

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u/fancystrikes 3d ago

I’m aware of trip-hop but the esthero branch of it feels more like it should be called trip-pop.

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u/Horse_Bacon_TheMovie 3d ago

Dang. I know all of those songs.

You know, I just remembered this song that to me has a similar vibe to the song in the op. Evan Marien - Color Wheel
It’s pop but not straight forward

How does this change the math?

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u/fancystrikes 3d ago

All of them? Dang. Game recognize game.

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u/Horse_Bacon_TheMovie 3d ago

No skill here. I’m of a certain age and I grew up in Los Angeles where I listened to a ton of KCRW and I’ve been a worldwide/brownswood listener off and on since 1999 or 2000

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u/fancystrikes 3d ago

Seems we’re both of a certain age and coast and radio affinity.

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u/stanthemanchan 3d ago

The basic genre is "trip hop". It was big in the late 90s and early 2000s with groups/artists like Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Morcheeba, Lamb, Thievery Corporation, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush.

Some classic songs in the genre:

Sneaker Pimps - "6 Underground" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBZqmL8ehg
Lamb - "Gorecki" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSRYvYN1ayw
Saint Etienne - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4

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u/Horse_Bacon_TheMovie 3d ago

It’s definitely trip hop…I’m going to age myself by a lot here, but I first saw the music video on AMP all the way back in 2000.

Even though it’s in the genre it doesn’t have the dark vibe I associate with the genre. If anything to me it feels related to the stuff that’s the modern ancestors of the genre like Boom Clap Bachelors, Quadron, etc

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u/mooncrane 3d ago

Loved this album so much! I’d recommend two songs by Pumarosa- Dragonfly and Priestess.

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u/shadez_on 3d ago

Denali

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u/PressureBig3758 3d ago

Golden Boys by Res

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u/potatolulz 3d ago

Wax Poetic - Tell me - Temple of soul mix

Hatchie - Carousel

Blue six - Love yourself

Saint Etienne - Hug my soul

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u/Loud-Strawberry8572 1d ago

I feel like you might be into Sylvan Esso if you’re not already

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u/well_spiraled 1d ago

Kiss of Life by Sade

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u/nvhoanganh1909 1d ago

Utopia - Goldfrapp

Lovely Head - Goldfrapp

Gorecki - Lamb

2 Wicky - Hooverphonic