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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