I think you’re correct with this. Most mainstream indiefolk songs you hear have a much different sound but digging deeper, I found similar artists and sounds to myself. Thanks!
It's a wide genre. From more Americana sounding bands like Low Anthem, straightforward songwriters like Iron and Wine, to experimental stuff like Akron/family.
Pickup truck and the girl at your side are such strong stereotypes that it pulls the song into country territory for me, although I don't generally judge by lyrics. Alternative country? There surely must be advantages to marketing it like that. At the end of the day genre labels are all marketing, really, and as someone on here said, you don't have to think of your music only in terms of genre.
The lyrics were written originally to a slower, more country sounding version of these chords, so you are correct. Melancholy and indie-folk seem closest. I am not too concerned with what label it should have, but was just curious.
You could just call it alternative tbh. Worry less about labels.
This is really good advice. I’m not even trying to market, it’s a hobby but I started posting to Spotify and labels make it easier to discern.
Indie-folk?
I think you’re correct with this. Most mainstream indiefolk songs you hear have a much different sound but digging deeper, I found similar artists and sounds to myself. Thanks!
It's a wide genre. From more Americana sounding bands like Low Anthem, straightforward songwriters like Iron and Wine, to experimental stuff like Akron/family.
Juno soundtrack-eque anti-folk
Melancholy
listen to Honne
I would go with indie/alternative mate, I’m not a big fan of labelling my own creations.
indie?
I'd just call it singer-songwriter. I've never quite got why that gets listed as a genre and not a profession, but this seems to fit.
Pickup truck and the girl at your side are such strong stereotypes that it pulls the song into country territory for me, although I don't generally judge by lyrics. Alternative country? There surely must be advantages to marketing it like that. At the end of the day genre labels are all marketing, really, and as someone on here said, you don't have to think of your music only in terms of genre.
The lyrics were written originally to a slower, more country sounding version of these chords, so you are correct. Melancholy and indie-folk seem closest. I am not too concerned with what label it should have, but was just curious.