Folder – Plastic Operator
Plastic Operator appear to be some sort of European electro-pop group. I had never heard of them, but an enterprising reader was kind enough to send me this great track. Then I checked the Hype Machine and apparently they’re relatively well-known, at least as far as the blogs go. Who knew?
Anyways, this song is totally cheesy, all awkward romantic fumblings and synths that bubble merrily along, and I mean that in absolutely the best way possible. There’s a part of me that wants it all to be so simple. And while this kind of stuff occasionally sounds like it comes straight from a button on an old Casio keyboard, that kind of simplicity is hard to actually produce. And check out the moment about 90 seconds in with the strings – beautiful.