Excellent album from a forgotten band

Review Score: (10/10)
69, released by A.R. Kane in the late 80s on Rough Trade, is an excellent album from a band that no one mentions anymore. Here is what I hear: There is a very loose quality to the music, a lack of obvious structure, that sometimes makes the songs sound like they are teetering between poppiness and falling apart. A.R. Kane employs guitar noises reminiscent of early Jesus and Mary Chain and act almost as a stepping stone between J&M Chain and more polished shoe-gazer bands like My Bloody Valentine, prefiguring also long-form drone music by groups like Windy & Carl. At the same time, they definitely have something of their own going on, and it's hard to classify them as one thing or another. "69" is a really interesting album that grew on me very quickly. Check it out and spread the word.

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