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One thing I didn't put in my article today but really wanted to find space for is just how self-referential twee is. Primal Scream had a song called Velocity Girl, which inspired the band Velocity Girl. Another Sunny Day was a band that inspired Belle and Sebastian’s song Another Sunny Day. Beat Happening had a song called Tiger Trap. Tiger Trap was a band inspired by…well, Calvin and Hobbes. But still! It goes on forever like this.

I think that’s fair - Sarah was really the point where I think it became self-consciously something, that specific subset of C86 that fans and critics think of as C86 music.

Like the difference between Velocity Girl (the song) and Pristine Christine.

Apr 8
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