THE GO - Fiesta

Everyone appreciates a comeback, even one that perhaps wasn’t requested in the first place. Detroit’s The Go were among numerous also-rans of the fairly brief late-1990s garage-rock sweepstakes, which found bands such as The Strokes and The Hives eating expense-account sushi and bathing in the limelight, apparently all in the name of the true rock gospel or whatever.

 

The Go debuted in 1999 with the Sub Pop-released Watcha Doin’, and despite a Motor City pedigree, a seemingly firm grasp of all the "correct" influences, and even a little help from that era’s ultimate shooting star Jack White, The Go never seemed to capture the attention of its would-be fan base. Yes, it had plenty of fuzz guitars, and the boys certainly already had the look, but Watcha Doin’ seemed both too familiar and easily forgettable.

 

Undaunted, the band has hung together for close to two decades and prove that while time and perseverance don’t necessarily guarantee commercial success, they can certainly lead to commendable artistic breakthroughs.

 

Fiesta is a 20-track collection of snapshots from one band’s very large, fastidiously curated record collection. The ability to synthesize one’s influences - to honour them, have fun them with, but avoid unimaginatively cloning them — isn’t easy, but the band succeed in spades on this album

 

Beyond The Beyond

 

 

 

 

Inside A Hole

 

 

 

 

So Let's Pinch

 

 

 

I'm A Dot In Place