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Noise pop is a subgenre of alternative rock and indie rock that emerged in the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom, originally pioneered by the Jesus and Mary Chain on their debut album Psychocandy. Elements of the style were also present in some bands associated with the British C86 movement. Noise pop later influenced the development of shoegaze.
Scottish band the Jesus and Mary Chain's 1985 debut, Psychocandy, is considered to be the earliest archetype for the noise pop genre, the band drew influence from the Velvet Underground, with their releases inspiring later prominent noise pop acts such as Meat Whiplash and The Flaming Lips. Kareem Estefan of Stylus Magazine cited the album for "transforming the use of distortion in indie rock with its screeching abrasion, yet managing to feature some of the catchiest melodies of the 80s." Many early noise pop artists were associated with the British C86 movement.
Jenn Pelly, writing for Pitchfork on the legacy of Vivian Girls, refers to the band belonging to a "bicoastal late-aughts noise pop scene". She also refers to, in a separate article from around the same time, a "2008 noise-pop boom" containing bands such as Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
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