WYXR's Stereo Session featuring KWICK's "To The Point"

Released in 1981 on EMI America, To The Point finds KWICK operating in the fertile but competitive aftermath of Stax Records’ collapse, when Memphis funk bands were recalibrating for a new era. Emerging from the Stax-affiliated vocal group the Newcomers, KWICK fused deep harmony traditions with sleek synthesizers, dance-floor precision, and forward-leaning studio polish. Under the guidance of producer and executive Allen Jones—architect of the Bar-Kays’ reinvention—KWICK was part of a wave of self-contained Memphis groups vying for position just beneath the city’s reigning funk institution. Alongside contemporaries like Ebonee Webb, Kilo, Galaxy, and The Main Attraction, KWICK helped define a post-Stax sound that embraced disco’s momentum without abandoning Memphis’s muscular groove. To The Point captures that moment with clarity and confidence—a record shaped by ambition, adaptation, and the enduring belief that Memphis funk still had places to go.