Do Good Shoes have No Hope...No Future?

THE UNOFFICIAL REVIEW: Good Shoes, No Hope, No Future.

It’s always a strange and wonderful experience watching SUPERSWEET’s much loved bands "mature", grow facial hair and in the case of Good Shoes’ Rhys Jones drop some weighty bullocks and develop a deepened vocal charm that old and new fans cannot refuse. We love Good Shoes that much we even have a mention in their album cover credits for the ominously titled new album, No Hope, No Future, so in return couldn’t wait to give our unofficial review of the album, Why? (All together now) Because that’s ‘The Way My Heart Beats’!

With one swift bite, Good Shoes have gobbled up their past Think Before You Speak success, and given a hearty well-needed vomit to bring about the sobering promise of their new album, and its blooming marvelous. Each track convulses in ways you simply can’t expect, from the metronome tickling track ‘I Know’, pushing all minor keys as thunderous as an intensely melodic tornado, to the despairing ‘Everything You Do’ transforming Rhys' voice into a bluesy serenading conjurer of wise words.

Now, before you make a mess tearing your ears off your head wondering if the Good Shoes sound has disappeared, have no fear, the four-piece still keep intact their “music to dance to” legacy, but coated with unbelievable skill. ‘Do You Remember’, ‘Times Change’ and ‘1000 Miles An Hour’ maintain the catchy guitar and vocal appeal Good Shoes fans’ desire, but overhauled with resonating layers and quirks to keep you salivating throughout.

Wonderfully warped with skillful maturity, Good Shoes Oh-My-God outdo themselves with the following killer tracks, from the electronic guitar frenzied solos in ‘Our Loving Mother in A Pink Diamond' to the ironic and promiscuous lyrical drips in ‘Under Control’. Much like the horny beast in ‘Under Control’, “always hungry/and never satisfied”, SS will always keep lusting for the wising of the Morden haters, even if they all grow up without us...

No Hope, No Future will (finger-crossed) be released January 18th next year.

Tracklisting:
The Way My Heart Beats
Everything You Do
I Know
Under Control
Do You Remember
Our Loving Mother In A Pink Diamond
Times Change
1000 Miles An Hour
Then She Walks Away
City By The Sea