Pointed Sticks - Perfect Youth
LISTENING POST DISCOVERY
#453
November 1980
Pointed Sticks
Perfect Youth
Genre: Power PoPunk
4.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Marching Song
Perfect Youth
No Use for You
True Love
The Real Thing
Out of Luck
One part snarl and spit and another part early Costello (which, to be honest, was also snarl and spit, right?) is this remarkable little spinner by a band that broke up before anyone could really know anything about them.
Why does this sound so good?
Um…duh.
Canada.
This is another BC punk(ish) band and I can only imagine what double bills of Pointed Sticks and NoMeansNo might have been. But Pointed Sticks are more melodic. As I said, they are more along the Costello mold. “When She’s Alone is a perfect example of this. And the skittish “True Love” are on par with Joe Jackson’s “Baby Stick Around “ or “Got the Time”.
This album is excellent. I’m surprised that I never heard it.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/perfect-youth-bonus-track-version/322274033
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