I have come to associate 'indie' with a kind of revisionary folk movement--
something in the 'bad voice' tradition of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, though less
politically charged and more self-deprecating, attaining through lyrical depth and
minimal production a sound that is conscientiously 'backwoods' or 'bedroom'
Further characteristics of these indie pioneers include a sublimation of the artist's
identity through the extensive use of personae, and reconceptualising of the
album as an autonomous and thematic text or narrative, rather than simply a
collection of songs gathered to meet the demands of radio or linked only by the
time and place of their production.
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