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The 25 Best Indie Pop Albums of the ’90s | Pitchfork

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While alternative rock raged in the 1990s, the softhearted sound of bands like Heavenly, Tiger Trap, and the Pastels welcomed listeners into their own secret world.

Save this story Save this story The genre that would come to be known as indie pop first emerged during the late 1970s and early ’80s in Great Britain. Weary of punk’s anger and aggressive masculinity, bands like Television Personalities , Orange Juice , and the Pastels began to make music that retained its uncompromising DIY spirit while channeling a more melodic sound, releasing their music on community-driven independent (“indie”) labels like Postcard and Creation. NME ’s massively influential C86 compilation would further cement the burgeoning scene’s association with jangly, shambolic gui

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