Get On Office

Missing a day at the office, I don’t feel so guilty about. But missing Office when it played KC at the Westport Beach Club, September 21, I feel terrible about. Why? Because Office is, as of discovering them today, my new favorite band from Chicago.

It’s about time this New Wave revival lightened up and rediscovered the Cars. Like records by many a recent business-wear band, Office’s debut, A Night at the Ritz contains keyboards, dance rhythms and catchy hooks, but it also flows over with orchestral instrumentation, piano riffs, killer harmonies, funny and passionate lyrics, and a hell of a lot of, just, well, spirit.

Office on the beach. Photo by Aaron O.

(Listening ops after the jump.)