PAGE 16, THE HERALD, TUESDAY. May 9, 1978

Power pop blends chords and —
rhythm for new music trend

Written for CP
Ry DAVID FARRELL
With punk rock dying
and disco music melding
into the mainstream of
pop, critics and
musicologists are looking
for new trends in the
medium, to

ower pop appears

be the most promising
entry, a style that blends,
chunky rock chords with
uncomplicated
rhythms and a

story. A former computer

operator for Elizabeth
Arden, the 22-year-old
Londoner is married with
one child and comes on
like the anti-hero figure
of a contemporary novel.

Born Declan McManus,
he is a look-alike of the
late Buddy Holly but his
songs lack the ro-
manticism offered by the
Texas crooner, They are
full of the bittersweet
realities of alienation and

’ rejection and evoke the

It is difficult to dig
beneath these surface
impressions because
Costello is reluctant to
talk in interviews and
tight-lipped about his

past,

His first album, My
Aim is True, was done for
Stiff Records, the British
firm which earned
notoriety for its offbeat
talent signings and
slogan: “If you're dead,
we'll sign you.”

The record became an

where CBS Records has

holding its annual con- -

vention.

A bobby hauled him off
to jail for a couple of
hours as a public
nuisence but some of the
conventioneers must
have been impressed.
Within a month,
Costello's name waa on
the CBS roster.

Having jist completed
his first North American
tour and with My Aim is

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