What do you guys think of the folkification of popular alternative

>>68285548
It's shit

That shit all sounds the same

Make sure you have the reverb vocals

adding folk influences to anything is a mistake, just look at folk punk.

>>68285548
It's gimmicky, mostly because folk as a genre is based upon political undertones and the counter-culture, where as all these Neo-Alternative Folk Bands are just promoting the image of a modern day hipster who thinks the mandolin is unironically a whimsical instrument

>>68285548
Kill them all with fire.

>>68285582
The Pogues are class shut your whore mouth.

>>68285637
>because folk as a genre is based upon political undertones and the counter-culture
That's not what folk is either.

What are you talking about? What kind of folk?
>>68285582
Probably cause punk culture has little overlap with traditional culture. Folk metal is good at least some of the time, although I can only really name eluveitie as a folk metal band I like. I haven't listened to much.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3pdGLsFjRSM
>>68285637
The mandolin orchestra is becoming one of my favorite formats. People who think it's a metallic sounding ukulele are underestimating it's power.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dGuUyRhpcHM

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>>68285637
>folk as a genre is based upon political undertones
This is the dumbest shit I have read on /mu/ ever since god knows when.

>>68286003
Ya. that's an extremely narrow definition of folk music