Power pop is forever indebted to the exuberant sounds of British new wave group Squeeze. The band’s career (which is still raging on with original members and core songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn ...

Hey, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters, are you listening? How about some consideration for Squeeze? Influential, consistent, long-running, flat-out brilliant: This British band deserves to be there.

If the idea of the power-pop band Squeeze playing Sunday (Oct. 2) in the same hall where the Seattle Symphony performs seems a little strange, consider that Squeeze has been together four decades.