Brant Bjork & the Operators

Brant Bjork & the Operators is the second solo album by desert rocker Brant Bjork. Although titled Brant Bjork and the Operators, Bjork sings and plays most instruments on the album.[1] He is joined by friends Mathias Schneeberger and Mario Lalli to lend guitar and vocals. This was Duna Records first release.

Brant Bjork & the Operators
Studio album by
Brant Bjork
ReleasedApril 30, 2002
RecordedNovember 2000
StudioDonner and Blitzen in Silverlake, California
Genre
Length45:40
Label
ProducerMathias Schneeberger
Brant Bjork chronology
Jalamanta
(1999)		 Brant Bjork & the Operators
(2002)		 Keep Your Cool
(2003)
Alternative cover
Heavy Psych Sounds reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

This album was reissued on vinyl in 2008 as a double LP by Bjork's Low Desert Punk label, and again in 2022 by Bjork's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brant Bjork. All music by Brant Bjork, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Hinda65" 5:05
2."Smarty Pants"Mathias Schneeberger4:02
3."My Ghettoblaster" 4:48
4."Electric Lalli Land" 5:11
5."From the Ground Up (We Just Stay the Same)"Bjork, Schneeberger3:41
6."Cheap Wine" 4:09
7."Cocoa Butter" 3:13
8."Joey's Radio" 4:01
9."Captain Lovestar" 6:33
10."Hinda65 (Return Flight)" 4:57

Reception

Reviews were mostly positive, with AllMusic declaring "all of the above experiments come off so effortlessly original and organic that despite occasional misfires [...] one has to tip his or her hat to Bjork's purely musical instincts."[1] Exclaim! appreciated the quieter and varied nature of the album, as well as promoting it as a "gem that makes the hours wading through musical sewage worth it".[3]

Credits

Brant Bjork: vocals, guitars, bass, and drums

Mathias Schneeberger: keyboards, * additional guitars

Produced & Engineered by Mathias Schneeberger

Guitar leads on "Electric Lalli Land" by Mario Lalli

Backing Vocals on "Captain Lovestar" by Franz Stahl

Princess Lovestar by Debbie

Handclaps on "My Ghettoblaster" by the low desert punks

Notes

References
  1. "Brant Bjork & the Operators - Brant Bjork". AllMusic.
  2. "Brant Bjork And The Operators". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. Matt McMillan (1 June 2002). "Brant Bjork and the Operators review by Exclaim.ca". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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