The Boston rock and roll band hit the record store for a new single out March 8 via Rum Bar Records, with the music video debuting March 20 

We recently had the fantastic opportunity to check out the new single “Op-Operator” from Boston based rock and roll band The Shang Hi Los which is available today (Friday, March 8th ) via Rum Bar Records .

You can listen to “Op-Operator” Here

Sometimes (us included) you can take music a little too seriously. But then an amazing band comes along with an irresistible song and you remember how fun rock and roll can be. The Shang Hi-Los are without question an amazing band and their killer new track “Op-Operator” is absolutely an irresistible fun track that we can’t get enough of .

Marking The Shang Hi Los first dedicated dose of new music since last year’s debut album Aces Eights & Heartbreaks, the glossy and hook-laden “Op-Operator” showcases what the supergroup does best – linking up the retro-pop melodic cool of yesterday with a super polished and modernized sound narrated by our vulnerable human impulses. And here, it’s all about looking for love amongst stacks of vinyl – and finding something else entirely after that first connection is made.  

“A chance meeting in a record store turns into a telephonic love affair – or so it seems,” says co-vocalist, co-guitarist Dan Kopko. “Unfortunately for our protagonist, he soon finds it is a one-way connection and he is but one of many gentlemen callers!”

Listeners around New England have been phoning up The Shang Hi Los since their inception a few years ago. “Op-Operator” is the first in a series of forthcoming new singles and videos, all released by Rum Bar Records, further showcasing the band’s solidified 2024 lineup of Kopko (Watts, The Peppermint Kicks); co-vocalist and co-guitarist Jen D’Angora (Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents, The Dents); bassist Lee Harrington (The Neighborhoods); drummer Chuck Ferreira (Eddie Japan); and guitarist Chad Raleigh (The Rationales). 

“This is the sound and feeling that is fundamental to the band – upbeat, hooky, rich with layers of harmonies and guitars, and solid backbeat,” says D’Angora, who describes “Op-Operator” as “an instant mood booster” with its March release “timed perfectly for escaping the doldrums of winter.” Adds Kopko: “It’s been almost a year since our last release, so yeah, we are so ready to push some fresh music out there, like lilies from the frozen ground.”

That frozen ground led Hathaway and The Shang Hi Los to a pair of trusted filming locations for the “Op-Operator” video: Chris Anzalone’s renowned Stereo Jack’s Records in Somerville (“The band were all like little kids in a giant candy store; very inspiring to be among all those classic LPs while shooting,” says Kopko) and the familiar basement dwellings of local music scene champion and photographer Nicole Tammaro (“without a doubt the biggest supporter of Boston rock and roll there ever was or will be,” he adds).   

The Shang Hi Los play Faces Brewing in Malden on April 5, 

“Op-Operator” from The Shang Hi Los is an absolute music lovers dream , we recommend you disconnect from what you’re doing now and go listen .