POINTING FINGER "reasons, not rules!" 7" sold out

This 7" features 6 songs combining the best singalongs & old fashioned vibes with conscious lyrics dealing with social problems. This is rad positive youth crew style hardcore wich will make dance & mosh all those who dig In My Eyes, Better Than A Thousand, Gorilla Biscuits,...

   

Pressing info: 525 black 7"s with regular cover, 50 black 7"s with white stamped central labels & limited Minor Threat rip-off cover, 5 black 7"s with limited "youth crew" cover, 8 test presses with "Cartman - caralho!" cover

The 7" is sold out but the songs appear on the "Best bruises collection" CD together with all their other vinyl releases.

reviews
I'll give you 3 guesses as to what style this band plays... Yep, you got it in one - 88' style youth crew. Wait, before you skip to the next review... this rules. Well played, rough and super energetic youth crew with a huge nod to that Ray Cappo dude. What makes this EP so different from the rest of the youth crew pack are the lyrics: this portuguese band have some super smart politicized lyrics about industry greed, racism etc. I'm typing with only two fingers as both hands are pointing as I listen to the record... [Maximum Rock'N Roll nr 239]

It looks like straight edge is alive and well in Portugal with great bands like TIME X and POINTING FINGER going off and slamming hard. These kids have a good-hearted vibe going on with long, interesting emotional lyrics. The music is fast and vibrant, sounding like so many bands but with enough guts and heart it's easy to overlook the repetition. Good debut effort with hopefully more on the way soon - [SHORT, FAST + LOUD nr 10]

I lost the count of how many releases this band puts out already, but, anyway, they deserve all the attention several labels gave them. The portuguese scene is really active. It's been giving birth to a LOT of interesting bands lately: Day Of The Dead, What Went Wrong, Time X, Through These Eyes, and last but not least, Pointing Finger. Once again, a new youth crew band I can definitely relate to, because they depart from the average silly themes most youth crew bands deal with. And I think any band from that portuguese scene is in the same case, more or less. There's a song about rape wich is lyrically really good. Musically, the six songs (3 of them taken from a split cd released by Still Believe from Germany) are in the PxF tradition, a mix between early 7 Seconds and Better Than A Thousand (without the paternalizing tone of Ray Cappo of course!). Well, all this to say another fine release on this rad label done by a good friend of mine: still holding on recs - [New Wind zine nr 6]