I think Fleetwood Mac's style of minimalism & pop production (rococo orchestration, lovely harmonies, taut & balanced playing, insinuating hooks, dry signals, idiosyncracies taking center stage -- what Musician magazine used to refer to as "neoclassical") have influenced bands since the very early 1980s -- maybe not exactly "indie" bands (because the concept itself hadn't developed) but bands that maneuvered themselves off the beaten path.
These bands would include Squeeze, Don Dixon, Daniel Lanois, Nick Cave & the Bad Seed, Warren Zevon, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Midge Ure, Rockpile, El Rayo-X, & that long-forgotten excellent pop group The Searchers (listen to "Love's Melodies").
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