Mighty Six Ninety
Right, so, listen to Mighty Six Ninety and tell me that this band hasn’t been formed this century. Yeah, well, they have.So now, smart guy (or gal), tell me that they aren’t British. Go on; tell me! Yeah, well, you know what? They aren’t British. They’re a bunch of Americans calling L.A. home and who have decided to plunge head-deep into what made New Wave disarmingly fun and 80s British rock refreshing.
The band itself makes no qualms about their influences, dropping Talk Talk, The Smiths and Depeche Mode right on their website. And one would be hard pressed to contest it, but don’t let their post-punkishness fool you. We’re a far cry from an “everything old is new again” groove. Despite cristalline guitar moments which come straight out of The Cure’s brightest moments and singer Rich Gardner’s smooth and mature vocals which seem to pour from a Spandau Ballet cut, they manage to sound fresh. They manage to be noisy without being brusque, melodic without being formulatic, honest without being kistchy.
So now, tell me that you didn’t tap your feet to Keeping You In Mind. Yeah, well, you did.
Keeping You in Mind
Northern Border
Leave This World
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