Name: Semicircle
Brand: The Go! Team

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5060146097864

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Extended format: Yes

LP++ - 180 Gram Neon Pink Vinyl with Download.

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Artist

The Go! Team

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Memphis Industries

Albums of the Year 2018

At the tail end of the 90’s, against all the advice of older, wiser heads, brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob started the label Memphis Industries. As is often the case, the label was initially intended as a vehicle to release some pals EPs, with no further plans beyond that. Their first signing Blue States delivered the album Nothing Changes Under the Sun, a surprise success for the label, they then rode the original chill wave, before finding that those older wiser heads were pretty spot on about starting a label, and washed up with <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/the-go-team-23286fc4-a92f-4609-a8e7-8a5b8bc7d563">The Go! Team</a> as “definitely their last ever signing before they got proper jobs”. A Mercury Prize nomination, a bucket load of sales and international acclaim later, Memphis went from strength to strength. 2018 sees the label as the home of North-East legends <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/field-music">Field Music</a>, Minneapolis’ future R&amp;B superstars <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/polica">POLICA</a>, the wonderful Wonk-Pop of Dutch Uncles and many more.

Rough Trade's Emily Waller sat down with Ollie to talk about the history of the label, avoiding a “proper job” and his favourite projects so far:

To celebrate Memphis Industries being our Label Focus, we have the following special editions available now at Rough Trade, all purchases also come with a free CD sampler:

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/semicircle">Rough Trade Exclusive - 500 Copies on 180-gram Green Vinyl with Download.</a>

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/open-here">Rough Trade Exclusive - 500 Copies on Limited Edition 180-gram Blue Vinyl housed in Die Cut Sleeve with Download.</a>

Label Focus - Memphis Industries

The Go! Team is an indie rock/garage rock band hailing from Brighton, England. Formed in 2000, they have been captivating audiences with their unique sound and energetic performances.
With a blend of various musical genres including indie rock, garage rock, and hip-hop, The Go! Team has created a distinctive style that sets them apart from other bands. Their music is characterized by catchy melodies, infectious beats, and a vibrant energy that never fails to get the crowd moving.
Over the years, The Go! Team has released several critically acclaimed albums and gained a loyal fan base around the world. Their live shows are known for their high-octane performances and interactive stage presence.

The Go! Team return with their fifth studio album, Semicircle, in January 2018 via <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/label-focus-memphis-industries">Memphis Industries</a>. Available on Rough Trade Exclusive 180 Gram Green Vinyl with Download (limited to 500 copies).

The Go! Team have always been cheerleaders for a better world – an outpouring of collective joy in the face of small-mindedness and dismal careerism. They rejoice in the unifying urges and the chance encounters between cultures that lead to something new. They’re a band who still have faith in the power of music to make things better. Now more than ever, we need The Go! Team. The brainchild of Ian Brighton-based melody obsessive Ian Parton, The Go! Team’s fifth album Semicircle began with an idea; In his head was the image of a school marching band gone rogue, chucking away their sheet music to blast out Northern soul stompers or Japanese indie-pop swooners or old-school hip-hop jams. With the vital input of current live players Simone Odaranile (drums) and Angela ‘Maki’ Won-Yin Mak (vocals), plus original Team members Sam Dook (guitar) and Ninja (irrepressible rapping), not to mention Annelotte de Graaf AKA Amber Arcades, and Julie Margat AKA Lispector, topped off by an inspiring trip to Detroit where he hooked up with The Detroit Youth Choir Semicircle took shape across the first half of 2017. Stacking up sousaphones, glockenspiels and steel drums, breakbeats and Semicircle is a kaleidoscopic cacophony, almost as if the sound itself is bent and refracted in the metallic curves of a trumpet, comforting and intoxicating at the same time. One moment we hear the kids from Detroit channelling Rescue Me’ and ‘SOS’ on Mayday, a morse-code-inspired soul belter about a love emergency, then there’s Ninja unleashing a volley of verbal stingers on She Got Guns or the lo-fi R&amp;B vocal for Chain Link Fence; Semicircle brings together unlikely elements to create a euphoric, exhilarating experience.

LP+ - Rough Trade Exclusive. 500 Copies. 180 Gram Green Vinyl with Download.