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slowcore

noun

Etymology

From slow + -core.

  1. derived from *(s)leyH-✻
  2. inherited from *slaiwaz✻ — “blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”
  3. inherited from *slaiw✻
  4. inherited from slāw — “lazy; inert, slow”
  5. inherited from slaw
  6. suffixed as slowcore — “slow + core”

Definitions

  1. A subgenre of indie and alternative rock music, characterized by downbeat melodies,…

    A subgenre of indie and alternative rock music, characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements.

    • Near-synonym: sadcore
    • “Slowcore” was just a silly label that never caught on, but Galaxie 500 represented one of about a dozen varieties of indie rock that existed at the time.
    • Slowcore is a sound best left to the sexless and anal. (No disrespect intended.) Someone worked out that music sounds great stripped right back and left to linger softly in the air.

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