The Go! Team – 'Buy Nothing Day'
I love The Go! Team since way back.
Musically, the band combines indie rock and garage rock with a mixture of funk and Bollywood soundtracks, double dutch chants, old school hip-hop music and distorted guitars. Their songs are a mix of live instrumentation and samples from various sources.
I fucking love The Go! Team. I love Ian Parton, the person behind the band, although it's a collective effort, it's clear that he holds the reins.
'Buy Nothing Day' rocks. 02:35 in, there's lightning; how can a band like this sound like a marching school orchestra and carry a groove that otherwise only people like Sly Stone and Funkadelic could push out?
I just let this wave roll over myself. There's something that The Go! Team do that no other artist does. No other fucking artist. The joyous atmosphere by this Brighton, UK band kind of epitomises what came from the USA in the 1970s and then enhanced it. I can't put my finger on it and I leave it be so.
The vocals are by Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, who've at times been truly great. Just as with The Go! Team proved by making albums that at times topped their debut, Best Coast did the same thing.
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