If you have enough luck or skills to find the first four The 69 Eyes’ albums, which can’t be found in CD shops out of Finland, you won’t be able to escape the impression how the band’s evolution is almost the same as the development of Gothic as music category.
First album “Bump’n'Grind” is positively loaded with punk energy and the same atmosphere continues on the second album “Motor City Resurrection”. On “Savage Garden” the band brings on the post-punk spirit, the evolutionary stage more known as “garage rock”.
“Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams” opens with the version of Blondie’s song “Call Me”, and mostly continues on the sound of the previous album with a component that makes the first serious band’s step into Gothic sounds.