Week 4: Dream Pop

From AMG:

Dream Pop is an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. Dream pop often features breathy vocals and processed, echo-laden guitars and synthesizers. Though the Cocteau Twins, with their indecipherable vocals and languid soundscapes, are frequently seen as the leaders of dream pop, the genre has more stylistic diversity than their slow, electronic textures. Dream pop also encompasses the post-Velvet Underground guitar rock of Galaxie 500, as well as the loud, shimmering feedback of My Bloody Valentine. It is all tied together by a reliance on sonic texture, both in terms of instruments and vocals. 

This week will feature both contemporary dream pop acts and some of the pioneers of the style.  As the description above indicates, these lines are blurry.  Sometimes you may feel that a band is more shoegaze or noise pop than dream pop, and this is expected.  Again, these categories are somewhat arbitrary, but they enable some sort of grouping that is necessary for this weekly format.  Here we go!