jangle pop

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Jangle pop is a subgenre of rock music that features jangly, treble-focused electric guitars reminiscent of The Beatles, R.E.M., Big Star, and The Byrds. This "jangly" sound can often be attributed to single-coil pickups—commonly found on guitars made by Fender and Rickenbacker—and bright, trebly amplifiers with minimal distortion.

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im definitely not familiar with the genre, but isn't most of the smiths' earlier catalogue considered jangle pop? they are on the downbeat side compared to some of your examples but songs like miserable lie and this charming man definitely have that jangle sound.

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