Get up sequences part one

"Indie aesthetics have changed considerably in the past two decades, but the UK group is still throwing block parties for a utopia where time and genre collapse ... The Go! Team's signature admixture of old-school raps, car-chase horns, noise-rock guitar, Motown hooks, Sesame Street positivity, and relentless drum barrages may no longer be novel, but it can still be pretty damn charming ... As much as [Ian] Parton may want the Go! Team to be judged apart from historical context, the project's style arose out of a very specific cultural moment. But the notion of genre has diminished potency today. And plenty of mysterious magpies have followed in the Go! Team's footsteps. It turns out that being a savvy curator of sounds, by itself, typically falls short. What's really needed is enough sense of purpose to give these disparate sounds meaning, to make us feel them ... Get Up Sequences Part One is often sweet, but it only rarely breaks the skin".

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"Since they first fired up their sampler in the early 2000s, the Go! Team have built up quite a legacy of breathlessly exciting, empowering, and fun music ... With a similar feel to their previous release - 2018's Semi-Circle - the album makes use of the band's time-tested template of marching band funk, loud guitars, sparkling keys and flutes, and beats tight enough to bounce a quarter on ... It's yet another classic Go! Team album. No surprises, no alterations, no problem. It's reassuringly great music made by a group who know exactly what they are doing and aren't afraid to keep doing it and doing it well".

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