To celebrate 20 years since The Go! Team’s classic album Thunder, Lightning, Strike, the band have asked a range of artists they love and admire to remix, rework and refashion tracks from the album, with a new one being released monthly.
So far we’ve seen reworks by Los Bitchos, Cornershop, Louie Zong, lilien rosarian and CV Vision. And now the mantle passes to Scottish indie band The Pastels.
The Pastels have reinterpreted the song with a swoony, dreamy version, brimming with gentle, breathy vocals and the flute emphasising the low-fi quality.
Says Stephen of The Pastels about their version, “It was a pleasure to work on a version of Hold Yr Terror Close for the 20th anniversary of Thunder, Lightning, Strike. The Go! Team is a group that we’re all fans of and it was so great to get inside one of the songs which we’ve always loved. Missing original parts meant we went for a studio group performance and we did most of it in an afternoon, overdubbing Tom’s flute part the next day. It’s funny and great how a good song can be rendered in so many different ways – the original is bright, sparky, bittersweet. Ours is slo-mo, further into the night. Good to switch the torch back on.”
The Go! Team have been touring over spring and summer and there’s more to come for the energetic collective. The shows below will see the band play the whole album Thunder, Lightning, Strike from beginning to end. Tickets available here
Thunder, Lightning, Strike Anniversary Shows
Sep 26 – Edinburgh, Queens Hall, UK
Sep 27 – Manchester, New Century Hall, UK
Sep 28 – Bristol, Marble Factory, UK
Sep 29 – Dublin, Button Factory, IE [SOLD OUT]
Oct 28 – Chicago, Lincoln Hall, US*
Oct 30 – Cambridge, Sinclair, US *
Nov 01 – New York, Irving Plaza, US *
Nov 02 – Philadelphia, The Foundry, US *
Nov 03 – Washington DC, Black Cat, US *
Dec 09 – Brighton, The Corn Exchange, UK
*With support from La Sécurité
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