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The Go! Team never ceases to amaze. With a sound that ranges from post punk, funk, ska and noise guitar, the combination they put on stage is so highly energetic that you forget you´re standing still, and without realizing, you fleet. The sextet formed in Brighton, UK, is one of the favorite bands of all those “intense” kids who do not miss any festival, you know who I mean.
Rolling Blackouts is their latest album. Under what genre should we label this new piece? Ranging from shoegaze to the sounds of epic trumpets in the style of blackexplotation films of the 70´s. The theme “Rolling Blackouts” is an ode to My Bloody Valentine that has no limits; it’s the most beautiful one. “Back light 8 track” is a hymn to a boxing movie of the 70´s, with little cries and voices of a super pop style. Of course there is no shortage of necessary samplers. “Secretary song” is another mash-up of 60´s pop and dreampop choirs. “T.O.R.N.A.D.O” is the most rap style one.
Perhaps what best describes bands like The Go! Team is the postmodern effort to condense in the most obvious way all sound spaces where they come from. That is to say, it´s a proof of our time, they make clear the origin of each song and style, it is like having a display ready to be heard with no greater desire than entertainment.
I stop and compare the phenomenon with all interpretations of tracks from blues, rockabilly and beat that multiple bands, in all continents of the world performed between the 50´s and 60´s. See for example the case of The Train Kept a Rolling by Johnny Burnette, who later became Strollin´On by the Yardbirds, I claim that the aim of the most savage and primitive rock was entertaining, but above all, creating fire, show: zero drama and plenty of attitude.
Today´s technology feeds creation processes, synthesize them and production is done in less time. The interpretation does not need to be efficient as long as forceful. Thus, The Go! Team live concerts are different staging, which are usually full of effects and guest singers and dissimilar instruments. However, live, their staging takes a lot of attitude in a rawer and fun, while being immensely melodious. This way, you have two authentic sides in a same band, which is quite difficult to achieve.
SISTER RAY
To understand a little more this young music style, you’d better get Barcelona accommodation and go see The Go! Team. On the 1st of April at Sala Razzmatazz. The club itself seems to be at some distance from Barcelona downtown, but it is a very favorable area, there are many small bars around where beers are cheap, so you can get drunk with confidence. Around there, there is also a bar where only blues, rock n ´roll and such delights can be heard. Do I see you at the door?
