CH - Concept Development, continued; artist research, continued

The grain of voice of Technodanceaphobic is very urban English; the main singer has a very distinctive sound, unlike many bands I've heard; if I was to relate to any other band it would be The Jam. Other examples of like bands are The Stranglers, The Skids, The Members, The Only Ones or The Undertones; all of these bands are brit-punk artists from the early-indie scene of the 70s and 80s, just predating the release of the C86 tape (believed to be the definitive start of what we know as indie music and culture today). All of these bands have a very distinctive grain of voice, like that of The Enemy, rough and urban with stark, repetitive lyrics (such as The Only Ones' "Sound of the Suburbs" and The Skids' "Into the Valley") and often a violent, angsty performance style. The artists of these bands commonly favoured a very cult British appearance when both performing and in photographs; 70s punk fashions such as suit jackets/blazers with casual clothes, icon t-shirts and other unusual clothing (such as mixing ripped jeans with buttoned shirts and ties). An example of this is the album cover for The Jam, above.
When we come to design and begin to produce our film, I would very much like to encorporate some of these ideas into it; I love the very distinctive aesthetics and actions of these bands, they represent a time and ideals maybe long gone but brought back to life by The Enemy).
By performing in the style of bands from 30 years ago, The Enemy themselves are a postmodern artifact; they are not only bucking the current trend, for example the rise in American RNB or new EDM, but also by homaging bands such as The Skids or The Members.
This is an example of postmodernism because when the bands mentioned were performing, they were part of the punk movement; they were modernist, with passion for purpose such as the failing governments and cold war; The Enemy are postmodern because even though they are not from this time, and do not have these influences, they still perform in a way very similar.
I will conduct further artist and conceptual development research following these developments.