Paper the Operator and Viper Bite Records
In the late 1990′s, Jon Sebastian began recording songs on his 4-track recorder, selling CD-R copies at shows under various band names before forming Paper The Operator. After dealing with rotating band members, Jon took on the writing and recording process by himself and released Goodbye God on Viper Bite Records. Goodbye God consists of twelve tracks, nine of which are under three minutesRochester. New York’s Viper Bite Records is owned and managed by Jason Woodson, a touring member of Paper The Operator.
Jon Sebastian explains the title of the album:
“I was listening to the Squeeze song ‘Goodbye Girl’, and I imagined how different it would be if the words were ‘Goodbye God’, sung over the same music. It would be a very complicated and stark thing to say in an almost throw-away pop song. Sometimes things are so heavy that the only way to state them appropriately is to understate them.”
Most of the album consists of driving rock songs with melodic hooks, yet it’s The Pendulum that really had us hooked. Visiting Paper The Operator’s website you’ll find twenty of Jon’s recordings from 2000 to 2005 packaged as a free album called Mount Bounty. If you enjoy easily accessible pop/rock songs then you’ll dig Paper The Operator.
Listen: Paper the Operator – The Pendulum
Engage: Paper the Operator on Myspace