Dream pop is a type of alternative rock that originated in Britain in the mid-1980s, when bands like Cocteau Twins (Victorialand), The Chameleons, The Passions, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane (to whom the term has been attributed) began fusing post-punk and ethereal experiments with bittersweet pop melodies into sensual, sonically ambitious soundscapes. The term was almost exclusively used in the United States, although frequently used, and alleg...
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