I think it can be equated with a lot of people liking Wavves or getting really into mid-90s stoner TV like Beavis and Butthead - it’s a reminiscence of, or a craving for, a bygone era. Fashions go round in cycles; right now, the general populace is wearing things that were cool in the 70s. Daughters are wearing their mom’s clothes. People on the avant-garde do well to move forward and start reliving the 90s. It had a really powerful feel to it, a sense of being on the edge of something magical, a new era, the future, and with the power of hindsight, we can see how that came crashing down in September 2001. We can see the beautiful futility of that era, and we can see the naivety of the people who lived through it as adults and teenagers, when we were just kids. We can have that hope again, do things differently, take our favourite bits of the past and make a new future. This is what most pop music does. This is what Wavves does with the 90s. (And the 80s and the 70s, his music is heavily influenced by a lot, but mostly the 90s.)

I have a really strong image in my head of a teenager watching MTV, listening to Nirvana, playing the guitar, eating pizza, getting stoned. This faceless kid is one of my key references. He’s the pinup for everyone who styles themselves around that era.

The 90s is an important reference point for me, but I’m really in love with the turn of the millenium. The point where everyone was struggling to deal with 9/11. The point where the future crashed and became the present. The point where the dot com bubble burst, and the internet suddenly became something everyone could access. It’s a fascinating time for me, and it’s the time that I choose to romanticise, I guess. It’s why I wear Tripps. It’s why I get a kick out of referring to myself as a blogger. It’s why I like early 2000s rap. It’s why I like early Avril Lavigne.