What it is, what to hear first, and what sits next to it.
Slacker rock (AKA: Lo-Fi, Lo-Fi Indie Rock, Slack Rock) emerged during the advent of the American underground scene in the 1980s as a raw, noisy style of Indie Rock. Its name stems from its use of low-fidelity production & recording equipment and a laid-back & unsophisticated attitude of performance, giving it an unclean and distinctly ramshackle sound associated with Generation X "slacker" culture. Developing alongside early-to-mid 1980s Alternative Rock/Indie Pop genres Twee Pop .