Pointe Step Through the Fog With Guard Rails, A Debut That Waits, Tightens, and Finally Sparks

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Issue #7

Pointe's single Guard Rails arrives with the kind of quiet tension that holds your attention before you've even registered why. The Brisbane group are still only twenty, yet carry themselves with a depth that speaks to long nights in tiny rehearsal rooms and more than a few conversations about the songs that changed their lives. Guard Rails sits in that uneasy space before a major life shift, where dread lingers longer than the leap itself. Rose Fogarty puts that weight into her voice, soft but firm, as though sorting through the fear in real time.

What the band builds under her feels both angular and tender. Evander Adams Post shapes the pulse with a steady hand, Jude Spann's bass moves with intent, and Jake Park's guitar lines thread themselves in like a series of quiet questions. The track opens up slowly, then pulls tight again, recalling the cold edge of Interpol and the emotional clarity of The Cranberries. Paul Blakey's mastering gives the song clean space, the kind that lets small details hit with extra force.

Rooms at The Cave Inn have already been filled with Pointe, and the run of local dates would suggest their following will only grow. This debut hints at a full EP that could live comfortably next to early Daughter, the moodier moments of Wolf Alice, or even the dim neon glow of a Gregg Araki soundtrack. Guard Rails feels like the start of a band learning how to turn fear into something melodic, something honest, and something that sticks around long after the final note fades.