The Go! Team are a six piece band fronted by a charismatic female rapper called Ninja. However, their debut album Thunder, Lightning Strike was produced by songwriter Ian Parton in his parent's kitchen. Although I think some tracks were subsequently recorded with Ninja's vocals.
It uses a lot of samples in combination with some live instruments. So many samples, in fact, that there was a delay to the US release while the samples were cleared There is everything from Sonic Youth style guitar riffs, to cheerleader chants. All turned up as loud as possible, so it sounds like it was recorded on a cassette recorder on the central reservation of the M25. Not really the best album to take to Currys.digital if you want to test out the Hi-Fi system.
It may not be one for the beard-stroking music purist; it is as much fun and excitement as you can reasonably expect to pack into thirty-five minutes. The second album is more of a full band effort, which means fewer samples, less eclecticism and less good. Although the bonus disk does feature a version of Sonic Youth's Bull in The Heather, which is one of my favourite covers ever.
Recommended Track: Huddle Formation
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