In 1993, Nirvana permanently transformed modern music with a breakthrough in how music is understood and written, influencing all of music, though best seen in grunge.
This watershed event changed the direction of and brought vitality to a tired music scene; I believe this is recounted well in Rick Beato’s interview of Sting (great podcast yo). This podcast also claims that the time is near for a similar watershed band: a new Nirvana. Since it was 30 years from the Beatles (no introduction needed) to Nirvana, the new breakthrough band should arise about, well, now.
Have you heard of Polyphia? (Do yourself a favor and listen to ‘em). Totally different from anything you’ve heard before, and yet it feels like they’ve found a fresh genre of their own which is untapped and has looming potential to expand in.
Obviously I can’t write anything that replicates their sound. But you can hear it from new artists and bands not only imitating, but expanding Polyphia’s style (my fave is Malwina Zero). Note, the same thing happened with Nirvana: other bands pounced on the new sound and churned out what became grunge. It took a while to dawn upon me that Polyphia has found its own new genre (imma coin it ‘Polyphicano’), as well as the (next 30 years of the) future of music.
Ego admission: My intention is to have been the first one to have said this, in case I’m right. Also to coin the genre name Polyphicano.
“All this machinery, making modern music can still be openhearted; not so coldly charted, it’s really just a question of your honesty, yeah, your honesty” — Rush, The Spirit of Radio
