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I'm sure that there are people who would say otherwise, and I don't question or judge that.
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Various descriptions I've seen of New Wave range from the genre being an evolution of punk (particularly post-punk) to a rather frosty, indifferent bourgeois response to the harshness of punk. The latter might be fitting considering the synth sound being a very stark departure from guitars, and the look being very against hippie fashion.
I really liked the folk rock of the mid to late '70s (being heavily exposed to it as the college music of my parents) but by the time MTV hit my neighborhood music was awash in very cheesy hair bands, and the next trend of garage rock with the grunge fashion really wasn't to my taste. Depeche Mode started hitting the apex of their popularity, and I started combing back to see what was all the fuss about the "New Wave" that started MTV.
Being painfully shy in much of grade school, synth resonated with me more. It's the main reason why I've been doing a lot of electronica reviews.