The Go! Team: Rolling Blackouts - review

(Memphis Industries)Back in 2005, when Brighton-based sextet the Go! Team's debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike was nominated for the Mercury Music prize, their competition came from the likes of Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs and the Magic Numbers. Against such a pallid backdrop, their neon blast of ramshackle pop stood out a mile. Fast-forward six years and with only one other album to their name – 2007's disappointing Proof of Youth – their mix of old school hip-hop, indie guitars and restless...

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