Meanings
- rareuncountableentertainmentMusic that verges toward easy listening, or that is less hardcore than comparable styles.
[…] the successful easycore DJs James and Martin Karminsky.
1997, Dylan Jones, Ultra Lounge: The Lexicon of Easy Listening, page 181 more example
The uncanny ability of "easycore" artists to swoon us into special realms, especially ones deep in our hearts, is a major theme of "Ultra Lounge." But as the genre offers a vacation from despair, looming heartache often comes with the ticket.
1997, Billboard, volume 109, number 18, page 67 - uncountableentertainmentA pop punk subgenre that combines elements of metalcore, incorporating use of breakdowns, screams, major key progressions and riffs and synthesizers.
We have a forty-five minute slot, and the other bands are more easycore than we usually play with so there's a different crowd.
2016, Jason Rossiter, March: A Good Man1 more example
While a bevy of MySpace bands who used the word "easycore" as a self-descriptor to mark their poppy hardcore tastes, ADTR [A Day to Remember] make the rest of the pile seem like amateurs thanks to their laser-precise songwriting.
2017 August 31, John Hill, “A Day to Remember Albums Ranked”, in Loudwire
Origin
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