Translator - Un-Alone

What this video is

Released in 1983 as a single from the album No Time Like Now (415 Records/Columbia), 'Un-Alone' emerged during the critical early years of MTV when the network was actively platforming college-radio and new wave acts that commercial radio largely ignored. Translator occupied a distinctive niche in the San Francisco Bay Area scene, signed to Howie Klein's independent 415 Records imprint with Columbia distribution —…

Why it matters

Translator's 'Un-Alone' is a documentary artifact of the American new wave / power-pop moment that briefly flourished in college radio circa 1982–1984. The band's dual-songwriter guitar format, Merseybeat melodicism, and existentialist lyrical sensibility placed them alongside fellow 415 Records…