Kiss Kiss (180 Gram Vinyl)Kiss' penchant for make up was inspired by their downtown New York neighbors the New York Dolls and by Alice Cooper, who was on top of the glam rock world when Kiss' self titled debut came out in 1974. Rather than dress in drag as the Dolls did, Kiss fashioned their look on a mix of sci fi and horror films, and the rock & roll of their youth. They fashioned their music on willful hard rock arrogance. Several songs on KISS became staples in the group's

and thoroughly unique style of their own

and a greater emphasis on commercial sounds -- such as Mike WiLL's lean and piano-laced trap beat for the strong-arming "HUMBLE

Spare and stripped to the bone

but shows he has his own voice

will arrive just five months after their breakthrough U

and the unreleased "Just a Girl

Encores 2 explores a more ambient landscape from the All Melody sessions

The album features Jamila Woods

Hammond organ

guitar sound

" which makes traditional rock & roll instrumentation sound astonishingly alien

Second verse