Tommy Keene came out of Washington DC at a time when its music scene was almost totally dominated by go-go (an indigenous relative of hip-hop) and hardcore punk, so it's not surprising that his smart, catchy power pop went somewhat under-appreciated. It's not that he deserved to be huge or anything, but there was a stage in the early '80s when Big Star revivalism was everywhere and there's no reason he shouldn't have been able to benefit more from that bandwagon.
This is the title track from his 1981 debut.
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