Indie pop

Indie pop is a broad style of Pop that is characterized by its DIY ethos, lighthearted melodies, general Rock instrumentation and its overall “authentic” approach. Although it shares many characteristics with its stylistic counterpart Indie Rock, indie pop differs in that it features a more melodic and accessible sound with catchier production and does not strictly confine itself to rock idioms. The genre developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the rise of Post-Punk. The term “indie pop” was coined to describe bands on independent labels that embraced a more melodic, less abrasive and pop-oriented sound inspired by the 1960s while still retaining the DIY and stripped-back approach of Punk. These early branches of overtly melodic indie pop would subsequently become known as Twee Pop and C86, which was a categorization of early indie pop named after the 1986 NME compilation cassette of the same name, C86.