Skip to main contentForget for a moment that the members of Point Juncture, Wa, are bad at lip-synching. Forget, as well, that the outdoor shots in this Hart Ryan Noecker-directed video (shot on actual film!) could well serve as an advertisement for our fair city. And forget, if you ever knew to begin with, that almost everything in this video—from the shabby-looking Artistery (nothing can quite replace it) to the adorable-looking band (whom I spend one week of my summer with each year at an Eastern Oregon rock camp) to the city lights at night (which I have grown to love so much I have trouble contemplating ever leaving)—is pretty hard for me to be objective about. Or take that last fact into account, I don't really care: I'm convinced that everything and everyone and every note here is strong enough to stand independent of whatever I can add to the conversation.
This thing moves me to tearsâin part because of the sweet song and the sentimental video, and in part because, for me, Point Juncture, Wa. is the best kind of band to root for: They play music only because they find joy in playing music; They stick together only because they love each other; The songs work because the band has developed a weird musical language unto itself. Skyler told me, in a recent interview, that he thought this band would be together forever. I believe him. This isn't lust, it's love. It's family. New record Handsome Orders is a testament to that, and the video for "Chronological Order" is a sweet little home movie.
WWeek 2015