Fresh from another show amidst in their extensive European tour, The Go! Team’s Ian Parton - founder of Brighton’s euphoric sextet - has time to reflect upon the band’s impressive work ethic. “We’re thirty shows into our tour and even now we’re treating it like it’s our first night or something,” he remarks, as if to only now realise the enormity of their latest venture. ”I don’t know what it is about us. Particularly Ninja, her commitment to rocking it is ridiculous. We walk off stage wrecked every single night. Basically it’s more fun to do that than to not do it. I don’t know if I could ever bring myself to just stand there and just play chords. It’s basically much more fun for us.”

That they profess such an ethos comes as no real surprise: The Go! Team, in three albums - their latest, the messy, enigmatic Rolling Blackouts - have developed a definitive reputation for frenzied effervescence. It’s something that comes through both in studio and in a live arena, but Parton is quick to dismiss a specific inspiration for their approach. “I’ve never really looked towards any one band as an influence. It’s much more to do with the sum of lots of different things,” Parton reveals. “I could list things forever... brigade music, parades and marching bands. I really wanted to put a Go! Team stamp on that kind of thing as well as this 60s, jangly, girl-pop kind of stuff. I always think if you hear one Go! Team song on the radio, you might not get the full picture. It’s about contrast between things as much as anything and different dimensions to us. The windswept, country, groovy sound I love as much as noisy, discordant guitar as much as blaring trumpet as much as female rapping.”

Typically, it’s Parton’s enthusiasm for sonic metamorphosis that emerges as the driving force behind the band. “I was definitely attracted to the idea of eclecticism right from the early stages. Subconsciously I had this kind of checklist right from the get-go and I wanted us to be - for each song to be - kind of confusing people,” he recalls. "I guess it’s true that there is a Go! Team sound but at the same time we’re a really eclectic band as well, which I think is quite a hard thing to manage. But lots of songs on the album, even though they’re wildly different, still have some kind of flow through them... that kind of thing that you can’t even put into words sometimes but you can still recognise it as a Go! Team song. So that’s kind of mission accomplished if that’s the case.”

When it came to the creation of Rolling Blackouts, Parton also had a clear strategem in mind. Of the many things he intended for the band’s latest release, one particular element proved crucial in the record’s formation. “Number one was more melody, more singers,” Parton checks off. “I think pop songs are really hard to write and people underestimate how hard it is to write a kick-arse pop song. People kind of knew us as the shouty, girly band - double-dutch chants and all that stuff - but I kind of wanted to move away from that and push away from it.”

“I’m always being pulled in different directions at the same time as loving the idea of the classic pop song. I kind of have this fear of hi fi and this perception of wanting to get a hit. For me, writing a song has nothing to do with getting a hit. It’s more about justifying its existence. Every song has to justify its existence in a world where there’s too much music.”

Fortunately, Rolling Blackouts has gone above and beyond the call of duty, making a profound impression upon fans and critics alike. Parton himself appears proud of their latest achievement, musing upon its strengths. “I think it’s melodically quite sophisticated. It is a more rounded experience I think, certainly more than the second album. It’s much more listenable. Possibly Proof Of Youth, our last record, was like somebody poking you for half an hour,” he laughs. “I think at the time, that’s what I was trying to go for... that all-out assault. But I think this one has much more space and breadth to it, which I think is welcome.”

Rolling Blackouts is notable for the collaborations featured across the record. According to Parton, the inclusion of fellow musicians was a natural development within the project. “For every song, whenever I’d written the song, it’d just be me on a Dictaphone going and I’d constantly be trying to think what kind of voice would bring it to life, or what kind of world is that voice suggesting?” he explains. “On Secretary Song I had this typewriter sound effect and this really oriental sounding sample and I knew straight away it was going to be a song about a Japanese secretary who hated her job. So instantly I was thinking Satoni (Matzusaki) from Deerhoof.”

“It was the same with Buy Nothing Day with Bethany [Cosentino],” he continues. “That was the song that instantly had a kind of Californian, kind of windswept, waves and lensflare shades... so I came across this band called Best Coast and this was way back before they had been hyped up. That happened again pretty easily. There were lots of people that didn’t make the cut as well actually!” he chuckles. “I tried things and they weren’t up to it. I tried a Brazillian choir and they were rubbish. We don’t make life easy!”

The band intend to adhere to the same strict ethic unto themselves - at least where their upcoming shows are concerned. It’s all about putting on a show and raising the bar to an all time high. Parton’s the first to acknowledge the role of their audience. “Definitely more than half the live experience comes from the crowd. We treat it like we’re trying to wear them down basically!” he laughs, recalling their mission.“If you’re not into it in the beginning, we’ll try and get you by the end. It makes the whole thing that much better if everyone’s into it.”

Even if it results in an injury or two along the way. “It’s normally me that’s doing to Ninja. She’s in the middle so she’s kind of getting it, our guitar necks hitting her on the head,” Parton confesses. “Her knee popped out of joint once on stage. I think she might have broken her wrist actually. We’ll have to get an X-ray of that!”

Shortly after, Parton signs off and it’s abundantly clear that The Go! Team’s Australian tour is one not to be missed.