Clean, wistful guitar pop

I'm listening to the new Wild Nothing stream and I find it really great.

Is this sound a little trend now, or am I just late to the party?

Some new records by bands with their own takes on this: Real Estate, DIIV, Lotus Plaza

For those that aren't as into it, does it just sound like another little indie-style-fad to make people in the future go "What is this 2010-2012?" if it sound pops up again?

Thoughts?

Try club 8's "spring came, rain fell"

Might be on the twee-er tip but the thread title brought it to mind.

Oh you're not asking for recommendations I see. But that fits nonetheless!

Well I'm certainly open to them, thanks! I left the thread title general to encourage all comments on the subject.

My fist thought on the matter though was just noticing a trend emerging recently in tidy guitar pop.

subject line describes some of my favorite music ever but i've never herad any of the current bands being discussed so i dunno

difficult for me to think of this as a 'trend' as i don't think bands have ever stopped doing this sort of thing. is it really that much more popular now?

Do you see similarities in those few bands I mentioned musically? I feel like I do, and they're all new enough where I grew curious. The trend is a more specific relation the mentioned band in my opinion have, the thread title is the outer layer of similarities I noticed off the bat- not the "trend."

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i like those three bands mentioned in the opening post; anything that sounds like the first few Felt lps is good to me. i do tire of all the reverb on the vocals though (DIIV, Lotus Plaza...)

Like how I saw a little trend 2004 - 2006 of bands that liked bark-y vocalists like Wolf Parade. Or maybe I just thought that was a thing then.

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Yeah nerve I agree a little especially on the DIIV record, I really enjoy the sound a lot but by the end of the record I'm sick of the reverb.

To keep discussion alive, any other recommendations of newer bands doing this well in the vein of the 4 mentioned at the top?

Real Estate?

Are you recommending them or confused that I originally included them at the top?

Anything...

is this a captured tracks thing? the first band that pops to mind reading the header is minks. i do get a strong felt/early rough trade vibe out of these guys tho i haven't heard that many current bands aping the lighter end of post punk you sort of describe. some twee/C86 action here and there, sure, but that's about it.

You know I was going to ask if it was a Captured Tracks thing. Seems that way. If it really is mostly them pushing that sound than I'm all for it!

This stuff seems pretty nice, but it's all sort of dream-pop for ipad ads, isn't it? I don't even really mean that as an insult, it's just what it makes me think of.

how is this stuff distinguished from, like, power pop that isn't too overtly '60s retro

no power for one

oh ok

not interested then, seeya

It's not that slick, tipsy... They're at least creating some kind of atmosphere with depth.

More like late 80s, some dude. That degree of separation is important here.

The thread title made me immediately think of the Vulgar Boatmen and the Volebeats. But those are 90s bands and it seems you want NOW music. If you are cool with the 90s then check out "Drive Somewhere" (http://youtu.be/kop24gtlS8o) and "Somewhere in my heart" (http://youtu.be/NkcnwNdw3tU).

Whoa whoa, if anyone is cool with 90s music I'm your guy.

By the way Vulgar Boatmen are incredible, thanks so much!

Another Vulgar Boatmen fan = the world is a better place.

Oh man I am just now hearing Wild Nothing and it's hitting a sweet spot for me. Loved the last Real Estate record, too.

Yeah definitely! Just a thought- I was listening to "Shadow" by Wild Nothing and the orchestration gives me a fuzzy Clientele kind of feeling. I like the maturity in the sound of the best of these bands. Maybe it's the lack of angst.

http://vimeo.com/49375820

2013 albums in this vein that are doing it for me:

Ducktails (Real Estate offshoot, so no surprise)
Kurt Vile (I think he fits, no?)

I think I like the earlier Ducktails stuff better, but never gave that new full band stuff much of a chance either. Kurt Vile definitely applies to me. Very much like that new one.

Timely topic as every year I try to compile clean, wistful guitar pop into a spring mix. Great sunny day driving music.

'Ivy Covered House' off the Ducktails album is the song of the year so far IMO.

Real Estate debuted some new tracks for their hometown crowd in Ridgewood on Sunday. It sounds really great to me but I am too big of a fan to fairly critique it.

where does one play a show in Ridgewood, NJ?

in the basement of Whole Foods

wish i knew that was happening. real estate is great.

Ha! It was supposed to be at the bandshell in the park by the library (like last year) but ominous weather reports forced them to relocate to the middle school. Glenn Mercer Band opened.

Sorry I didn't give any heads up- I found out it was happening day-of via brooklynvegan

Liking this new Beach Fossils record