London’s Kitchens of Distinction were always a few steps ahead of their time. Their swirling, shoegaze-adjacent pop arrived moments before that genre officially exploded. And vocalist/bassist Patrick Fitzgerald’s frankly queer lyrics were still a rarity, even in underground circles.

The band dropped into SNAP on Valentine’s Day 1991 for a noisy and rapturous set in service of their second album, “Strange Free World.”