Sculpture Club "A Place to Stand/Worth"

Sculpture Club’s journey from glitter-soaked party-punk chaos to a nuanced force in American post-punk has been anything but linear—and that’s what makes this release so essential. A Place to Stand / Worth brings together the band’s two seminal records on one cassette, charting their transformation from a confetti-cannon cult act to a group capable of weaving tender melancholy into their jagged edges. Led by Chaz Costello, Sculpture Club began in 2016 with a riotous spirit and a Salt Lake City scene left in their glittery wake; now based in Dallas, their evolution feels both hard-earned and inevitable. 2016’s A Place to Stand is a dispatch from the band’s early days, full of riptide basslines and crashing urgency, echoing the goth-tinged grandeur of Echo & The Bunnymen and The Cure. It’s a record that thrums with kinetic energy—driving guitars, shimmering leads, and the raw thrill of a band that threw themselves into every set like it might be their last. By 2021, with Worth, Sculp