Spotify's ‘Stomp and Holler’ genre has everyone confused

The mysterious category came up in the streaming service’s 2017 Wrapped feature
Stomp and Holler: The Lumineers are a key example of Spotify's amusingly-named genre
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Ben Travis6 December 2017

Spotify fans are stumped by an amusingly-named genre that’s found on the streaming service – ‘Stomp and Holler’.

The categorisation has appeared in Spotify’s latest ‘year in review’ website, 2017 Wrapped.

The site allows listeners to log in and find out their most-streamed songs and artists of the year, as well as their favourite genre.

Alongside the usual suspects – modern rock, pop, indie R&B – some listeners found out they were fans of ‘Stomp and Holler’ music, even if they weren’t sure what it actually is.

Spotify's most-streamed artists of 2017

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The genre caused plenty of confusion on Twitter, where Spotify users were sharing their results.

Those left scratching their heads can find answers in Spotify’s very own Stomp & Holler playlist, which sheds some light on artists included in the genre.

The image linked to the playlist is of Mumford and Sons, and the track listing includes five Mumford songs from their first two, more folk-inflected, albums.

Also included are Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Ben Howard.

The year in review site, 2017wrapped.com, offers Spotify users a playlist of their top 100 songs of the year, and also reveals how many minutes of music they’ve listened to since the start of 2017.

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