GIVERS - Up Up Up

Name: GIVERS - Up Up Up
Uploaded: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: GIVERS emerged from Lafayette, Louisiana, a city whose musical identity is rooted in Cajun, zydeco, and jazz traditions. The band's formation was catalyzed by Hurricane Katrina (2005), which displaced core members Tiffany Lamson and Taylor Guarisco from New Orleans and returned them to Lafayette. 'Up Up Up' was the lead single from…

2011 · Indie Pop Euphoria Era (2011) · music video

2011Indie Pop Euphoria Era (2011)Indie Pop / Afro-pop influenced DIY indie rock, Louisiana Gulf South scene 2008–2012

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GIVERS emerged from Lafayette, Louisiana, a city whose musical identity is rooted in Cajun, zydeco, and jazz traditions. The band's formation was catalyzed by Hurricane Katrina (2005), which displaced core members Tiffany Lamson and Taylor Guarisco from New Orleans and returned them to Lafayette. 'Up Up Up' was the lead single from their Glassnote debut In Light (June 7, 2011), released into a moment of peak indie…

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Represents the 2010–2012 Afro-pop-inflected indie pop movement — a strand that drew on West African guitar textures, New Orleans brass traditions, and Talking Heads-lineage rhythmic complexity. GIVERS occupied a peer space alongside Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic…

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