Dream pop

Dream pop is a genre of music that spawned out of the neo-psychedelia movement in Ireland and the UK in the '70s.

Though dream pop spawned shoegaze and often overlaps it stylistically, there are some notable distinctions to be made:

Where shoegaze relies primarily on distortion and reverb for its sense of space, dream pop is far more likely to rely on chorus and other modulation effects
Where shoegaze vocalists tend to refrain from extremes of range or dynamics, dream pop singers are far more likely to make use of extended ranges and other more dramatic effects - though both genres seek to create a sense of distance between the singer and the listener that is not characteristic of most other pop music

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Something else to check out: New wave