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KHChris, what does your music sound like anyways? You don't really seem to advocate effects. Do you just use a guitar straight into an undistorted amp and play stuff? If you told us that your music sounded like Sonic Youth, and we listened to it, and it didn't sound just like Sonic Youth, could we call your pretentious for naming a band in sounds like that you don't sound all that much like?
Wait, doesn't Lee Ranaldo use effects too? I'm pretty sure he uses a ring modulator, overdrive, and delay. Isn't that really preconceived? Why would you support with your hard earned money such a pretentious band? They call themselves post-bratcore, you just know what kind of crowd they are trying to attract with a genre label like that.
I don't know if you know this, but when musicians try to describe what they sound like, they usually name bands that are vaguely similar and are decently known to the listener. Just to give an idea of what they sound like, not to tell the listener exactly what to expect. When I was a radio DJ, when getting debut CDs from bands I've never heard of, it would say RIYL on the CDs, and name bands with similar qualities. Not exact copies.
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