Micro-genres that consist of, I dunno, less than 5 songs...

...because in an alternate universe there'd have been a whole movement based on a continuum starting with The Beloved's 'The Sun Rising' and Opus III's 'Fine Day'

...also, wow, I just learnt Opus III did a cover of King Crimson's 'I Talk To The Wind'

Good thread! I've actually got something for this, as of a few months ago. The genre is called 'Why Did The Fox Bark?' as that's the name of the Current 93 song I wish there was more music like. Sort of sepulchral psych piano (piano not technically required but it seems to be in all the songs I find suitable) with ornate melodies that never quite settle. William D Drake's 'Be Here Steryear' kind of fits, as does Coil's 'Red Queen', and when I made a playlist I threw These New Puritans' 'V (Island Song)' on as well, perhaps dubiously.

If anyone could help me find more that fits this, I'd be extremely grateful.

I think you could make a case for Scott Walker the micro genre, taking four or five songs from 'The Drift' and 'Bisch Bosch' that are of such a singular, unique mind, and quite difficult to truly file under any other genre. #walkerwave

But it's more interesting if several artists fit into a new micro genre, of course. Will give your list a spin tonight!

What is the Beloved/Opus III sub-genre exactly? Energy Crystal House?

yeah. 'benign house'?' 'siren pop'? I'm sure you could add a St Etienne or Dubstar song in there somewhere, but only very specific ones

...also, wow, I just learnt Opus III did a cover of King Crimson's 'I Talk To The Wind'

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin)

great fucking cover, i had it on a bootleg mixtape of king crimson covers (it was that and, like, a bunch of anekdoten songs) back in the '90s

i nominate high 'n lonesome throat-singing, a genre containing, as far as i can tell, only the song "lonely cowboy" by arthur miles

nobody else could record a song like that today and get away with it, that sound comes from a particular place and time

i'm currently listening to a record titled "qawwali flamenco". i'm going to guess that there aren't a lot of tunes in that genre.

i like it! but then, i fucking would, wouldn't i?

chicken yodeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppm5_AGtbTo

also, another track that the beloved and opus iii tracks remind me of is, like, "face the sun" by the grid (you remember them, they did "swamp thing", you know, with the banjo). i really only know it because it's listed in rwc's sun ra discography - basically it just samples an interview or something ra gave. great tune, in any case.

ok, i got another one here - "sono koubaly" by noodband. pretty much the only avant-oompah song i've heard. (noodband's earlier record doesn't quite have the Volkstümliche Musik sound to it; other attempts at combining alpine volksmusik with experimentalism, like Die Knödel, are great but aren't really on the same tip at all - it also doesn't sound anything like the Bitter Funeral Beer Band... actually nothing sounds like the Bitter Funeral Beer Band either...)

anyway you can listen to the song here, it's the first track:

https://www.dublab.com/archive/vas-deferens-organization-mutant-sounds-radio-09-09-16/