Every hipster, hip-hop head, and downtown shopper should be familiar with The Go! Team’s cheerleading squad that chanted on the band’s hits “Junior Kickstart” and “Huddle Formation.” Two years after such antics, the Brighton-based sextet remains in place on the indie sensation map and is unleashing its sophomore full-length, Proof of Youth.

Instead of relying on the sample-heavy bombast of its previous effort, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, the band employs live instrumentation for the new album, as well as a few friends–namely Chuck D, Double DutchDivas, Marina from Bonde Do Role, and the Frederick Douglas All Star Cheer Team–and a glockenspiel that was apparently on hand. Should we be scared?

Proof of Youth is out September 11, 2007 on Sub Pop.

Tracklisting
1. Grip Like a Vice
2. Doing It Right
3. My World
4. Titanic Vandalism
5. Fake ID
6. Universal Speech
7. Keys to the City
8. The Wrath of Marcie
9. I Never Needed It Now So Much
10. Flashlight Fight
11. Patricia’s Moving Picture