Hackamore Brick

Hackamore Brick are one of the great missing links in the late-'60s New York music scene. In some circles, the Brooklyn-spawned quartet is considered notable for the Velvet Underground influence heard throughout the music on One Kiss Leads to Another, the group's album cut for Buddha Records' Kama Sutra imprint, no less. Lou Reed's singing style is in evidence throughout Chick Newman's flat intonation, but other attributes here range further, eerily anticipating the minimalist charm of Jonathan Richman, while some of the material, such as the Bob Roman/Tommy Moonlight-authored...