“Be honest, when was the last time an innovative, exciting new band name-dropped Radiohead or Sigur Rós as an influence? Their discographies remain almost entirely unimpeachable, but by a certain point, their names became a too-common signifier of superficial aesthetics meant to obscure anodyne alt-rock: wraithlike falsetto, orchestral bombast, middlebrow electronic touches. In other words, the sor”
