Neo-psychedelia

Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era.^[1] Originating in the 1970s, it has occasionally seen mainstream pop success but is typically explored within alternative rock scenes.^[5] It initially developed as an outgrowth of the British post-punk scene, where it was also known as acid punk. After post-punk, neo-psychedelia flourished into a more widespread and international movement of artists who applied the spirit of psychedelic rock to new sounds and techniques.^[6]

Neo-psychedelia may also include forays into psychedelic pop and psychedelic rock, jangly guitar rock, heavily distorted free-form jams, or recording experiments.^[1] A wave of British alternative rock in the 1980s spawned the subgenres of dream pop and shoegazing.^[4]