Get Up Sequences Part One

by The Go! Team

Overview

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. 2021's Get Up Sequences, Pt. 1 is another fine addition to their CV. 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. While it was being recorded, the group's main sonic architect Ian Parton went through some devastating hearing loss issues, but one would never guess it from the sheer joy that bursts out of the songs. Long-time vocalist/rapper Ninja is back again and she gives her all to the punchy "Pow," which sounds like a baby Bomb Squad production and provides fine rapping and vocals to many more tracks. Also on board is young Detroit rapper Indigo Yaj, who radiates her way through the Jackson 5-styled romp "Cookie Scene," as well as vocalists from the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences and Kansas City Girls Choir. Detroit teenager Jessie Miller's charming vocals on the album's sweetest song. "A Bee Without Its Sting." is a definite highlight as well as a heartwarming example of the way Parton's idea to pair innocent vocals with sunny hooks and breezy melodies works so well and never seems to get old. Along with these quintessential Go! Team songs are a few that balance all the glee with some melancholy. New bandmember Niadzi Muzira's softly intoned vocals on the gentle indie pop with sad flutes and moody horns track "We Do It But Never Know Why" are a tender diversion; "World Remember Me Now" slows the tempo just a touch, adds some wistfulness to the vocals (as sung by Ninja and the KC Choir), and comes out sounding perfect. Add in a couple of fun instrumentals -- most notably "Tame the Great Plains," a slice of the Wild West with John Wayne looking out over a black-and-white sunset as he lopes along -- and 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. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	07/02/2021
Label:	Memphis Industries
UPC:	5056340102633
Rank:	83705

Tracks

1. Let the Seasons Work
2. Cookie Scene
3. A Memo for Maceo
4. We Do It But Never Know Why
5. Freedom Now
6. Pow
7. I Loved You Better
8. A Bee Without Its Sting
9. Tame the Great Plains
10. World Remember Me Now

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Go! Team   Primary Artist
Sarah Hayes   Flute
Viva Msimang   Trombone
Andy Hume   Trombone
Deanna Wilhelm   Trumpet
Indigo Yaj   Vocals
Jessie Miller   Vocals
A'Zariah Burgin   Vocals
Lakhyia Trice   Vocals
Rian Woods   Vocals
Tori Wyatt   Vocals

Technical Credits

Paul "P-Dub" Walton   Mixing
Ian Parton   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Group Member
Matt Colton   Mastering
Sam Dook   Group Member
Ninja   Composer,Group Member
Luke Insect   Cover Design
Boe Weaver   Mixing
Simone Odaranile   Group Member
Adam Znaidi   Group Member
Indigo Yaj   Composer
Niadzi Muzira   Group Member