Power Pop, New Wave and Post Punk (artist)

[unfocused]

Great power pop/new wave album from 1980, D L Byron This Day and Age. I really regret tossing this disc (and many others) in a dumpster while packing for a move years ago.
D L Byron - Love In Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYJjALeP1w

D L Byron - Listen To The Heartbeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj5ONFZlobQ

[unfocused]

One of the greatest obscure tracks you'll ever hear.
The Hitmen-Bates Motel, 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4AB4Ou9vc

[FlurryCat]

Another band doing the Cars clone thing, and they ended up making a couple really good albums.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPfnlQabco




Nobody did power pop better than The Atlantics.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p9uDfe9kMM

[unfocused]

Romeo Void-Never Say Never

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x0fPZrPV3M

[Bobdreamz]

^^^ Unfocused When I first saw the title of this thread I thought of Romeo Void too but you beat me to it !
This is another great song by them :

Romeo Void - A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1TT0yVTlRg

[SluggoF16]

Two very different post-punk bands:

XTC - Plans for Nigel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiIlcew-GVM

The Angels (changed to Angel City in the US since there was already another band of the same name) - No Secrets


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sNeF5Kf-Yo

[lchoro]

Knack My Sharona with the extended guitar solo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSro0mCgvpU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ou2yWxXpw

[NW Crow]

Those Romeo Void songs were RADIO favorites back then for me. I may look deeper.

Well, after looking quickly, maybe just those 2 for me.

[unfocused]

Big Country captivated me with their first album in 1983, it spent a lot of time on my turntable and car cassette player.

Fields of Fire


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD118-35Plc

[unfocused]

Marshall Crenshaw - Someday Someway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irwyw-AQiYs