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The Interpretation Cultures

City of Origin: Makassar, Indonesia

Period of Activity: Early 2010s to present

Members: Danuarta Dwi, Askar Khairul, Anaang Ma'ruf, Fadhli Rafq Al-Fath, Febrianto Syam

Related Artists: None that I know of

Discography:

• The Interpretation of Indiepop Cultures EP (2025)
• That Kind of Pop Song EP (2025)
• There's a Light that I Will Never Have (2026)

Social Media: Bandcamp | Instagram

In the liner notes of their debut EP, the Interpretation Cultures describe themselves as having a "easy, sweet, and hazy feel", which is a better summary than anything I could have come up with myself. There's a bit of everything in their music; sometimes it's kind of indietronica, sometimes it jangles, sometimes they rough it up a bit. And like, as a band that lists their influences as Stephin Merritt, Sarah Records, and the Shop Assistants, that totally makes sense! Basically, just as the name of their debut EP suggests, they're giving their own interpretations of all the various cultures that have sprung up in indiepop.