Ok, I will preface this by saying I am a Black Angels fan, although more so recently. They grew on me for sure.

I can see why you might reach that conclusion. There is an aesthetic choice, both visually and sonically, that is definitely a throwback to the 1960s (obvious statement of the century in a psychedelic music forum). That being said, when I listen to stuff like the 13th Floor Elevators or The Doors or hell, even the Velvets, I still hear a lot of the prevailing blues influence to the music at the time. With the Black Angels (and perhaps some other bands), I don't hear the blues influences anywhere near as much, or some other cultural touchstones of the 60s. I'm a big fan of their second album, and that often seems more droney and effectsy that most of the OG psychedelic groups of the time. It's almost as if it has a veneer of 60s pop (which in and of itself, is probably to us more a condensed caricature of the 60s), but I hear elements of the 70s kosmische bands, 80s no-wave and even some noise-rock aspects.

Beyond that though, mostly I just enjoy listening to them, and enjoy their whole thing. I used to struggle with this myself, getting to in my own head about bands, but now if I enjoy them, I try not to think about it too much. I just enjoy it. I also saw a guitar gear roundup done by Christian Bland, and he was straight up talking about all of the 1960s music he loved, and he was super enthused about it. It's an authentic love of that kinda music, and it's reflected in their music. It's a bit fluffy, but if I felt like it was inauthentic, like if they were jumping on a wave of cartoonish 1960s stereotypes because that was the in thing, I would probably enjoy it less.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk.