Worth looking into 80s jangly pop as U2, R.E.M., and The Smiths all had it, and all three were big in the 80s.
Murmur (1983)
This album emerged the same year as Echo & the Bunnymen's third album, Porcupine, U2's War, B-52's Whammy! (The B-52's are from the same town as R.E.M.), Aztec Camera's debut High Land, Hard Rain, The Waterboy's debut, and The Chameleon's debut album Script of the Bridge. Most of these albums, it will be noted, have a similar sound influenced by the jangling guitar style of The Byrds, and informed by the pop and pop-folk bands of the Sixties. The Smiths debut album, The Smiths, was recorded in '83 but not released until '84. R.E.M. have said they were influenced not directly by The Byrds, but by bands such as The Soft Boys and Big Star, who were picking up the sound of The Beatles and The Byrds in the 70s. The Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight was released in 1980, and Big Star's Third was released in 1978. R.E.M.'s music fits in with those other "indie" type jangly pop bands. It's not groundbreaking, but it is competent and in the right mood it can be compelling.
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https://rateyourmusic.com/list/akiwi/56-great-pre-jangle-pop-jangly-songs-1964-1982/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/14/c86-myths-nme-indie-cassette-debunked
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jangle&oldid=889646330
Similar sounding bands:
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Cure
U2
Suzie & The Banshees
The Teardrop Explodes
The Psychedelic Furs
The Smiths
R.E.M.
The Icicle Works
Joy Division
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