The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts, a review
My experience with the Go! Team has been fleeting - for me they've been a group of what I dub "Oh!" songs, to borrow unnecessary exclamation. Due in part to discovering them as late as last year, their songs' exposure to a variety of popular outlets (adverts, television trailers, use in shows...) has placed them in the bracket of the remembered rather than the discovered. So it is with some trepidation that I listen to "Rolling Blackouts", though this uncertainty was somewhat quashed by the release of single 'T.O.R.N.A.D.O.'. A brazen assault on the senses, the single begins the album with a series of manic whistles and clattering brass - sampling Antibalas' "Beat Metal" to great effect and with real punch. Their signature childish energy aids to really knock your socks off. However, the next few tracks prove disappointing by sheer comparison. 'Secretary Song' has a few interesting sounds and comforting tap-your-feet-along abili...