Sweet" (in June 2018) and "Quiet Sun Slips Over" (in June 2019), both of which would later appear on their first album under the new name, DNA Cowboys, released independently on 1 September 2019. Legacy and influence Critic Jason Ankeny described A.R. Kane as "arguably the most criminally under-recognized band of their era" and an important progenitor of such musical developments as shoegazing, trip hop, ambient dub and post-rock. The Guardian has called their work "some of the 80s' most extraordinary music" and noted their influence on subsequent artists such as My Bloody Valentine. The group have been recognized for breaking stereotypes about the styles accessible to black musicians at a time when most popular black artists were relegated to soul, reggae and hip hop. Critic Simon Reynolds tentatively referred to A.R. Kane as "the great lost group of the 80s," while pointing out that the group in fact enjoyed fervent support in certain circles of the press and surrounding music scenes during the period. Reynolds later wrote that "A.R. Kane weren't a rock band in the conventional sense [...they] were more like an experimental guitar pop unit who loved to push the recording studio to its limits." Their work was characterized by frieze as "dreamy experimental pop." Pitchfork wrote that, "embracing dub, soul and paisley pop, A.R. Kane pushed boundaries most of their contemporaries completely ignored." Bands such as Seefeel, Slowdive, Long Fin Killie, Dubstar, and the Veldt/Apollo Heights have cited A.R. Kane as an influence. Discography Studio albums 69 (July 1988, Rough Trade; reissued 2004, One Little Indian) "i" (October 1989, Rough Trade; reissued 2004, One Little Indian) New Clear Child (September 1994, Luaka Bop; reissued 2000, 3rd Stone) EPs Lollita 12-inch EP (July 1987, 4AD) Up Home! 12-inch EP (April 1988, Rough Trade) Love-Sick 12-inch/7" EP (October 1988, Rough Trade) rem"i"xes CD/12" EP (1990, Rough Trade Deutschland) A Love from Outer Space CD/12" EP (1992, Luaka Bop/Sire) Singles "When You're Sad" 12-inch single (August 1986, One Little Indian) "Baby Milk Snatcher" 7-inch single (June 1988, Rough Trade) "Listen Up!" 12-inch single (October 1988, Rough Trade) "Pop" CD/12"/7" single (July 1989, Rough Trade) "Crack Up" 12-inch single (1990, Rough Trade France/Virgin) "Sea Like a Child" CD single (1994, 3rd Stone) Compilation albums Americana CD/LP (1992, Luaka Bop/Sire) Complete Singles Collection 2CD (2012, One Little Indian) References External links Whatever Happened To... A R Kane (from January 1999 issue