GOOD SHOES – THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK

(AU magazine June 2007)

(Brille Records)

Good Shoes’ DIY ethos doesn’t begin and end with their plasticine artwork and use of what sounds like children’s percussive implements, but these are as good cues as any when defining their debut album.
The four piece are heralded by singer Rhys’ shouty London vocal over a fractured guitar riff - a sound of no surprise to the current music fan - but the staccato technique employed on most of the tracks will start to grate.
Single ‘Never Meant To Hurt You’ addresses love with teen clarity – “Life’s a fucking bore” - whilst ‘Small Town Girl’ is similarly angst-ridden. Punky power pop for the pogoing intellectual.