If Shoegazing can be called "what My Bloody Valentine sound like", Noise Pop is "what The Jesus and Mary Chain sound like". Noise pop's name probably gives away what it is: a genre that's placed right in the middle between Punk Rock/Noise Rock and Pop music, combining pop's catchy melodies with the Sensory Abuse balls-out aggression of Punk Rock and Noise Rock, plus vocals that sound like the lead singer's about to fall asleep at any moment. Thanks to this "best of both worlds" combination it became very popular in the indie scene when it emerged, presumably because it was catchy enough while retaining the sonic terrorism of Noise Rock to allow indie kids to listen to it without shame.