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. The album was Duna Records' first release.

Brant Bjork & the Operators
Studio album by Brant Bjork
Released	April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
Recorded	November 2000
Studio	Donner & Blitzen Studios, Silverlake, California
Genre	Stoner rock desert rock
Length	45:40
Label	Music Cartel Duna Low Desert Punk (Double LP reissue) Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)
Producer	Mathias Schneeberger
Brant Bjork chronology
Jalamanta (1999) Brant Bjork & the Operators (2002) Keep Your Cool (2003)
Alternative cover
Heavy Psych Sounds reissue

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hinda65"	5:05
2.	"Smarty Pants"	4:02
3.	"My Ghettoblaster"	4:48
4.	"Electric Lalli Land"	5:11
5.	"From the Ground Up (We Just Stay the Same)"	3:41
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
Total length:		45:40

All tracks are written by Brant Bjork^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RTÉ	[4]

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".^[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

• Brant Bjork – guitar, vocals, bass, drums
• Mathias Schneeberger – Fender Rhodes, bass on "Smarty Pants"
• Mario Lalli – guitar lead on "Electric Lalli Land"
• Debbie Levitt – backing vocals on "Captain Lovestar"
• Franz Stahl – backing vocals on "Captain Lovestar"
• Low Desert Punks – handclaps

Notes

• "My Ghettoblaster" is Bjork's first single to have a music video.
• "Electric Lalli Land" is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's album Electric Ladyland. The song features Mario Lalli on guitar.