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acezee · 4378 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pepe Deluxé - A Night and a Day [Electropop, Progressive Rock]
Honestly, it's hard to define this work's genre. I was conflicted between electronic, electropop, pop rock, alternative rock, baroque pop, and progressive rock. So I checked last.fm and one of the top tags for Queen of the Wave was progressive rock. So seeing as the album as a whole incorporates baroque, fantasy, and story elements it seemed appropriate to be labeled progressive rock in my view. Of course, seeing as Pepe Deluxé started out as a trip-hop band, they have more electronic influences than traditional progressive rock bands. If they made this album in the 1970s or started out as a rock band, it would feel more like traditional prog rock.
Genre is hard. I've been on a Various Wave bender for about 2 weeks now. Bands are classified as New, Minimalist or Dark Wave with synth pop and post punk poking it's head in here or there. Sometimes I feel relativity confident that something fits a "minimalist wave" category but other times I think what a waste of time trying to classify this stuff.