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It was on an unrelated trip to New York that Leo Silverman, founder of Brille Records and the A&R manager who brought The White Stripes to XL, happened upon his latest charges.
High-school Australian group Operator Please had been flown to the Big Apple by enthusiastic labels won over by their early demos and Silverman caught one of the shows.
"I just happened to be in New York at the same time. The US labels were going a bit mad for the band and it was obvious to me that there was something pretty exciting there," says Silverman. Brille, a joint venture with EMI, offered the group a singles deal for the forthcoming release, Just A Song About Ping Pong, later firming up a long-term agreement.
"It quickly became pretty apparent there was a lot more to this band than one single," he says. "In Amandah ...