When Quiet Was the New Loud: Celebrating the Acoustic Airwaves 1998-2003 - Couverture rigide

Clayton, Tom

 
9781901927849: When Quiet Was the New Loud: Celebrating the Acoustic Airwaves 1998-2003
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ISBN 10 : 1901927849 ISBN 13 : 9781901927849
Editeur : Route Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Post-Britpop. Pre-New Rock. The New Acoustic Movement.
The quiet music of 1998-2003 bridged the gap between two cultures, two generations and two centuries. As the nineties wound down and a new millennium approached, the UK began to look nostalgically to the past – and hesitantly to the future. The giants of Britpop had imploded, rave culture had started to chill out and a new wave of unassuming musicians suddenly found themselves in the spotlight. While Travis, Dido, Coldplay and David Gray may have shone the brightest, the likes of Kings of Convenience, Badly Drawn Boy and Turin Brakes also produced classic albums and won legions of fans.

Even though the New Acoustic Movement created some of the biggest hits of the century – earworms that still fill the airwaves today – it has been unfairly overlooked, too often dismissed as uncool or worse. Two decades on, When Quiet Was the New Loud finally puts the record straight and gives the acoustic era the recognition it deserves.

Tom Clayton's affectionate look at the key records from the period - bestsellers and hidden gems alike - rediscovers the songs, personalities and stories of the time and reveals a moment when, albeit briefly, the meek really did inherit the earth.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom Clayton's non-fiction has appeared in The Sunday Times, Drowned in Sound, Louder Than War and The 405, His fiction has appeared in The Santa Fe Literary Review. He was the lead researcher and writer for Messing Up the Paintwork: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark E. Smith (Ebury, 2018); When Quiet Was the New Loud is his first original book. He lives and works in east London

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Éditeur
Route Publishing
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1901927849
ISBN 13 
9781901927849
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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