It feels a lot like mid -late 90s alternative to me. Like Dishwalla and LFO as opposed to Pixies and Sonic Youth. Heck, Hootie is a county artist now and doesn't sound very different than he did back then.

IMO there's more good county, even pop country, now than there was in the 90's and 2000's. There was like 20 years where everyone was just trying (unsuccessfully) to be Garth Brooks and it's mostly just watered down frat rock. Head to any crappy bar in downtown Nashville and you'll find a band playing one of the same 20 songs from this era and genre.

FWIW, the good stuff I'm talking about isn't this pop/country or rap/country hybrid crap that's been popular lately. It's more like singer/songwriter type pop influence on country where the good stuff is coming from, even if it isn't political.