A long-overdue full length album from
Ace Of Cups – a really unusual female group from the Bay Area scene
of the late 60s – but one who never hit the heights
of their bigger San Francisco contemporaries! The girls have this really great look on the back – kind
of flower power, but with a bit more charm – a quality that comes through in the music, with is often more garagey than trippy – but which also has a way
of putting forth female vocals and honest ideas that might not flourish this strongly for similar groups until the post-punk years. That approach makes the whole thing a truly timeless collection
of tracks –
of the sort that maybe resonate more strongly today than they did back in the 60s. Titles include "Music", "Glue", "Taste
Of One", "Stones", "Pretty Boy", "Waller Street Blues", "Simplicity", and a great version
of "Afro Blue".