For this volume, I’m recognizing female-oriented groups that made their respective marks in this beloved spectrum of music. May be included as part of the entire New Wave archives, these albums, however, may be best described as Indie Pop / Twee Pop / Dream Pop–or Folk Rock, in the case of the featured records by 10,000 Maniacs and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
* 10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe (1987) (“Like the Weather”)
* The Darling Buds – Pop Said… (1989) (“Hit the Ground”)
* Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988) (“What I Am”)
* The Primitives – Lovely (1988) (“Crash”)
* Strawberry Switchblade – Strawberry Switchblade (1985) (“Let Her Go”)
* The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good (1988) (“Motorcrash”)
* The Sundays – Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990) (“Here’s Where the Story Ends”)
* Voice of the Beehive – Let It Bee (1988) (“I Say Nothing”)