We Made The Go! Team Fill Out a Dating Questionnaire Plus Hear New Song "Ye Ye Yamaha"

It’s been four years since the last Go! Team record and a lot has changed. By the end of touring 2011’s Rolling Blackouts it became clear that in their current incarnation, the band couldn’t carry on—they had babies and jobs and side projects and it was a logistical nightmare. So Ian Parton, the man who started it all, retreated and started writing music as he did when he conceived Thunder, Lightning, Strike back in the early 2000s: completely on his own and with total freedom.

Sam and Ninja remain, but TG!T have three new members, Maki, Cheryl, and Simone, and the Brighton-based Parton assures us they’re “back in action again and ready to thrash” touting their lately released record The Scene Between (out now via Memphis Industries). If the album was the soundtrack to a movie he describes the film as “a third generation copy of a straight to TV movie about a girl with telekinetic powers,” and it’s a pretty accurate summation. It’s heavy on the giddy girls groups harmonies and lo-fi beats, it’s cutesy pop, but still packs a scuzzy whatever!-we-rule energy. Or as Parton puts it: “wall of sound noise and curvy melody.” It’s a sonic hoarder’s compendium—each song containing five of his best ideas which he’s massaged into a coherent whole.

“The songs are less heavy on slogans than earlier albums and more about stuff,” explains Parton. “‘Her Last Wave’ is about a surfer girl who dies at sea, ‘The Art of Getting By’ is an anthem for the Heavens Gate cult as they’re transitioning to the spacecraft, and ‘Reason Left to Destroy’ is inspired by The Birds—it’s the idea of bringing trouble to a small town.”

Below is the premiere of their new track, which Parton explained thusly: "'Ye Ye Yamaha' is a French girl on a motorcycle song featuring the amazing Lispector from Bordeaux on vox. It's plastered with revving motor FX and a wailing guitar doing an impression of one. I suppose it's a more badass version of 'Harley Davidson' by Bridget Bardot. Ooh la la."

Plus, just for fun, we made Parton fill out our OkCupid-cribbed questionnaire.

Age/Sex/Location:
40, male, Brighton, UK.

My self-summary:
Scrawnster into New England in the fall, Halloween, Charlie Brown cartoons, distortion and girl groups.

What I’m doing with my life:
Delaying re-entry into the world of work.

I’m really good at:
Screw shots in pool

The first things people usually notice about me are:
I’m always singing and tapping

Favorite books:
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Favorite movies:
Midnight Cowboy, Play it Again Sam, The Graduate, Network, American Movie.

Favorite music:
Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine, The Shaggs, girls in the garage comps.

Favorite TV shows:
Columbo, Mad Men, American Pickers.

Favorite Food:
Vegetable dansak.

Six things I could never do without:
The record facility on my cellphone, my Super 8 camera, latte, Pro Tools, Thai red curry, Columbo.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit is:
When I was kid I pretended to be my own superhero called The Black Arrow.

On a typical Friday night I am:
I have twp kids so generally watching any music documentary on BBC4/

You should message me if:
You’re into Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May.