Point Five
Point Five is a message band, they have a purpose and they have an agenda, and as they let you know in the aptly titled song “Mission Statement” they are “unabashed, unafraid, unintimidated” at letting people know about it.
Point Five’s message is simple…oppression will be defeated when, and only when, “the citizens” rise up and defeat it (“We can cry, we can moan, we can pitch a fit / We can bitch about corruption and all that s*** / When it’s time to take a stand we’re a little slow / But then ‘I don’t give a damn’ seems to be our motto” from the title song). These underlying themes lay the foundation for an album that touches on topics that include economic extremes, war, political manipulation, and personal and artistic responsibility. They are intelligent without pretentiousness, opinionated without divisiveness, and through their anger, they are hopeful.
