psych folk
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A genre of folk music influenced by psychedelic rock and possessing a dark, sinister tone.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "You have possibly heard the terms “psych folk” (sometimes applied to artists in the vein of Devendra Banhart) or “psych country” (which is vaguely similar to what used to be called “outlaw country”) or “psych rock” (which is what Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols call his band's sound in the documentary DIG!.)"
- "More recently, a second wave of psych folk bands have surfaced, influenced by and connected to the music of Keenan's New Weird America."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
psych country
psych rock
Synonyms
acid folk
freak folk