i am working on developing the theory of a genre called HOTWAVE, the opposite of coldwave/darkwave and much better. let me know if you feel me or have any ideas

further research thus far has yielded:
Ron Rogers, Shriekback, Model Citizens (and maybe Polyrock), and especially Pullsallama, pictured

Chagrin d’Amour, French hotwave

MELON:: 80s band of Chika Satou and Toshio Nakanishi, Japanese hotwave anthem "Do the Pithecan - Happy Age" (1984)

incidentally just discovering all the genius of Toshio Nakanishi (Plastics, Major Force) and saw this from an interview when he's talking about living in London in the 90s ("At the time there were people like Oasis and the Verve... the 90s were a really shit period)