John Sebastian (who also records with his wife as The Color Wheels) is the songwriter and vocalist behind Poughkeepsie, NY’s Paper The Operator and their quick six song Solemn Boyz EP is full of effortlessly catchy tunes that fall somewhere near the intersection of indie-pop, power-pop, and pop-punk. Now normally I wouldn’t give a second look/listen to anything that has the word boyz or any other that’s intentionally misspelled with a “z” but hey, I trust the dudes at Beartrap. Big guitars, catchy melodies, and sweet vocal harmonies find these Solemn Boyz sounding (to me at least) a lot like The Stereo and/or Jimmy Eat World. The EP is out now on Viper Bite Records.
MP3 | Paper The Operator – Solemn Boyz Solemn Boyz EP
is it just me or does that cover look a lot (well some on closer inspection) like Sarge’s (terrific) “The Glass Intact”?
Mark, I do believe there is a striking resemblance.