THE GO! TEAM - ROLLING BLACKOUTS
Any band with two drummers is worthy of kudos. Brighton 6-piece The GO! Team are at it again, with album number three, Rolling Blackouts. Jam-packed yet again with lucrative samples, catchy riffs and vocal chants like you’ve never heard before, Ian Parton and co. have produced an exceptional offering in the first quarter of 2011, reprising their harmonicas, banjos and careening guitars. It all starts off with explosive ‘T.O.R.N.A.D.O.’, making a whirlwind in your head and blasting out of your headphones/speakers like a big brassy thing. My top listen on this album is the single ‘Buy Nothing Day’ with its simple piano driven accompaniment and mean drumming. The GO! Team have wonderfully placed each track to compliment the previous and next, from the mellow to busy and the odd oriental-sounding track (oh when you’ve got a minute, check out their track ‘Phantom Broadcast’. Infact, just get their previous two albums; if Thunder Lightning Strike is not in your collection, you’re really missing out). Hip hop indie rock anyone? Set your ears on Rolling Blackouts. 9/10.
