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Band of Susans: Love Agenda (Blast First/Restless)

Robert Gordon, Spin, September 1989

BAND OF Susans, a co-ed New York City quintet, have put more electric guitar on one record than any other band I've ever heard. Pop this beast of a tape in your car's system and blow your hardtop straight into the 1990s. Whether you consider this punk rock with new tunings, AOR with tension and thunder, or metal that's actually heavy and brainy, this is rock and roll for the new decade — if not exactly the beat Sam Phillips had in mind, kissing cousins in attitude.

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