Album Review: Get Up Sequences Part One by The Go! Team

Album: Get Up Sequences Part One
Artist: The Go! Team
Release Date: July 2, 2021
Label: Memphis Industries
Favorite Tracks:

• “Let the Seasons Work”
• “Cookie Scene”
• “Tame the Great Plains”
• “World Remember Me Now”

Thoughts: The Go! Team haven’t been as good as they used to be for a while.  Or perhaps, the remarkable sameness of their music is an indication that they are as good as they used to be, they just haven’t changed while the listeners have.  Anyhow, The Go! Team is always fun to listen to as they cobble together from various sources, the weirder the better.  I think I like this album better overall than its predecessor SEMICIRCLE.
Rating: ***

Related Posts:

• Song of the Week: “The Scene Between” by The Go! Team
• Album Review: SEMICIRCLE by The Go! Team

Monthly Mixtape – August 2020

Nubya Garcia :: “Source (feat. Ms Maurice, Cassie Kinoshi, Richie Seivwright)”

The Go! Team :: “Cookie Scene”

Will Butler :: “Surrender”

Nation of Language :: “Rush & Fever”

Desire :: “Escape”

 

 

2018 Year in Review: Favorite Songs – Part 1

It’s that time of the year for my list of favorite songs.  I’m doing things a little differently this year.  First, I have 25 songs to recognize this year (plus one honorable mention).  Second, I’m ranking them.  Third, I’ll be publishing the list over three posts today. I’ve limited the list to one song per artist, lest I just list the entirety of Dirty Computer.

Let’s get started!

Honorable Mention: “BAMM” :: Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Kylee Russell (from Zombies)

25. “Hollywood (feat. Snoop Dogg & Jamie Principle)” :: Gorillaz

24. “Baby Luv” :: Nilüfer Yanya

23. “Tear Me to Pieces” :: Meg Myers

22. “Loneliest Girl” :: Princess Chelsea

21. “May Your Kindness Remain” :: Courtney Marie Andrews 

20. “Semicircle Song” :: The Go! Team 

19. “Future Me Hates Me” :: The Beths

18. “Under the Wheels” :: Calexico 

17. “In Your Beat” :: Django Django

16. “Before the Waters Get too High” :: Parquet Courts

Stay tuned for part two!

Favorite Songs by Year

1973	1974	1975	1976
1977	1978	1979	1980
1981	1982	1983	1984
1985	1986	1987	1988
1989	1990	1991	1992
1993	1994	1995	1996
1997	1998	1999	2000
2001	2002	2003	2004
2005	2006	2007	2008
2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016
2017

Album Review: SEMICIRCLE by The Go! Team

Album: SEMICIRCLE
Artist: The Go! Team
Release Date: 19 January 2018
Favorite Tracks:

• The Semicircle Song
• The Answer’s No — Now What’s the Question
• She’s Got Guns

Thoughts:

The Go! Team is gimmick band that mixes together a late-60s pop/soul sound with samples of marching bands, cheerleader chants, and movie dialogue, among other things. But it’s a very good gimmick as they manage to once again produce a solid album of upbeat pop confection. Strange that this is released in January actually, as SEMICIRCLE is ripe to score the soundtrack of summer.

Rating: ***

Song of the Week: “The Scene Between” by The Go! Team

The song I cannot stop listening to this week is “The Scene Between” by the English band The Go! Team featuring a gospel choir, distorted guitars, and oddball samples.  You can watch the trippy video below.