Having No Sense Of It All

Operator Music Band “Koma”

It’s pretty easy to parse Operator Music Band’s influences, or at least their lineage – elements from well-respected acts like Devo, Stereolab, Broadcast, Neu! and Add N to X are all right there on the surface. But as other bands have demonstrated, simply referencing or borrowing from the right artists isn’t enough. Part of what makes this band click is that they’ve embraced a very dynamic and tactile approach to music that can often feel more cerebral and static. “Koma” moves between moments of energetic rocking and more blissful grooves, and keeps moving forward with urgency until they deliberately hit the brakes and come to a full stop at the end. But even that sets up further momentum, as Dara Hirsch counts down the final seconds.

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