For years, the Haarlem-based three-piece OPERATION HURRICANE have been looking for their musical identity. After countless gigs at renowned venues like Paradiso, Patronaat and Bevrijdingspop, they finally found themselves stumbling upon their own style and sound. Their endless experiments resulted in a freaky fusion of grunge, prog, punk and pop. They dubbed this strange brew of theirs as “pseudo-grunge”. Lyrical, dynamic songs which serve as a canvas for the stories they tell and the pictures they paint. Unapologetically loud and raw, yet never without purpose. The essence of the matter is duality: the search for a balance between keeping control and daring to draw outside the lines: a balance between the Operation and the Hurricane. “The three years we spent as a band before record...