One of many groups based around the songwriting powers of indie hero Rose Melberg, Go Sailor was a short-lived indie pop trio active for a brief window in the mid-'90s. The group was around just long enough to release a handful of 7"s and a few compilation tracks, but their sugary melodies and hopped-up tempos found an intersection between twee softness and punk excitement. The sound Go Sailor perfected in their brief existence echoed through different subsequent waves of indie rock, and the band's self-titled complete works collection was repressed several times as the decades went on.

Go Sailor was formed in the Bay Area in 1994 by guitarist/vocalist Rose Melberg, who had already been a part of Tiger Trap and the Softies, former Crimpshrine bassist Paul Curran, and Henry's Dress drummer (and future Aisler's Set founder) Amy Linton. Over the course of a lifespan that lasted just around two years, the band put out three four-song 7" EPs, A Fine Day for Sailing, Long Distance, and Don't Go. Go Sailor broke up around 1996, the same year that Lookout Records compiled all of their EP tracks and two miscellaneous tracks onto a self-titled discography CD. In 1999, two of the band's songs were used in the film But I'm a Cheerleader. All three members of Go Sailor continued making music with different bands, and their discography was re-released in 2011, and again in 2022, both times by indie mainstay label Slumberland Records. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi