The Go! Team – The Scene Between

Ian Parton began The Go! Team as a home studio project – he recorded 2004 debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike in his parent's kitchen – and transformed it into a dazzling six-piece pop band, producing two further memorable albums along the way. Five years on, and Parton is back where he started; with the group's other members off pursuing various musical projects, he took the opportunity to retry the working practices that made The Go! Team stand out first time around.

Title track The Scene Between is a perfect example of Parton's songwriting skill; a joyous, chaotic song with a childlike vocal breezing over grunge guitars, crashing live drums and a piano sample that will stick in your head for weeks. Unlike other previous GT releases, the samples are treated like instruments and never dominate. Despite the sometimes dense instrumentation, this remains sugar-sweet pop that some will find a bit sickly. But many will love the taste of its fizz.