Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Operator Please - Pressure Point
There’s no escaping it; Antipodean quintet “Operator Please” are young. Frighteningly young. Like 17-18 young! Yikes!
But whilst they possess power, musicianship and discipline belying their age, their sound is too frequently unfocused and incoherent with many of the songs crying out for some serious editing. Over the course of the set they flitted between charging power pop, string laden ballads and feisty electro pop and it was a slightly uneasy mixture.
Occasionally it all slotted beautifully into place though; 2007’s Single of the Year contender “Song about Ping Pong” crackled with ram-a-lama attitude and potential Bond theme “6/8” built around a gorgeous predatory chord sequence and deep soulful vocals was another standout.
Their youthful joie de vivre won out eventually and trading enthusiastic grins and winks throughout their complete lack of pretence was especially refreshing. Thankfully they’ve as much potential as they do time on their side and we can expect great things from them in the future.
posted by: Jim Brackpool @ 9:00 PM
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