Operator Please burst onto the music scene in 2005 with that song (that song being ‘A Song About Ping Pong’) and their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive. The pint-sized rockers were barely out of school, but performed with the verve of a veteran act. Despite the consistent quality of their music, there were mixed reviews for the album. While many recognised that there was no need to say “good for their age” – they were just good – there was an unfortunate amount of backlash against the band. They were criticised for being too young, too gimmicky, too much a myspace marvel. Operator Please, however, were not about to be talked out of making their own brand of loud-mouthed music, and are back with their sophomore album Gloves.
Gloves has perhaps slightly less of the frantic, distracted, attention-deficit-disordered energy of its predecessor – but the band have channelled this power and created something more driven. Lead single ‘Logic’ features a – there’s no other word for it – funky bass line and shows just how well the band do dance-beat rock. ‘Just Kiss’ has a climax and sexy synths that will probably encourage some make-out on the dance-floor; while ‘Back and Forth’ is a summer song with Caribbean blue skies overhead, and the influence of bands like Vampire Weekend apparent. Songs like ‘Loops’ show just how in control of the instruments the band is: these aren’t just high-schoolers, they’re technically proficient.
This second album is sophisticated, strong and still just as sassy. It is Operator Please, ready to fight, gloves off.
- M
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