PLATINUM BLONDE

Standing In The Dark (Epic)

Roll over Herb Alpert and tell your lad Sting the news: This new Anglo-Canadian group puts out the kind of semi-decent powerpop we�ve semi-heard dozens of times before, but it�s the band�s look that�s truly noteworthy. Get this, now, there�s three of them, and they�re gone bottleblond so that they all look devilishly alike, and they jump around a lot in the photos.. .Yep, you guessed it, and not a moment too 'soon to (hopefully) begin to deflate Mr. Sting�s ever-moredeadly seriousness of purpose. See how silly peroxided artistes really look?!? Thought you�d agree. R.R.

STEVE BASSETT

(Columbia)