Good Shoes

No Hope, No Future

I've not listened to Good Shoes much, After giving the new album a listen 2 or 3 times I thought it was time to review. This is the groups second album after 2007's Think Before You Speak. (It's an album I've never listened to so I can gain no comparisons there.)

So what does the band offer for the first time listener such as myself? Well, to be honest they're reinventing.....nothing! Don't get me wrong they're not a bad band and musically they're talented but you get the impression that listening to this album you could be listening to half a dozen other bands currently on the scene.

With that in mind, I can get down to actually talking about the album. The first track of the album titled The Way My Heart Beats is a lively and upbeat opener which fills you with false promise. Whilst the song itself might be very catchy and worthy of multiple listens; the album there after fades quite significantly. Under Control was the bands first single from the album is another highlight however, crunching bass lines with jagged guitar and the opening line of " The more I want, The less I'm feelin' " is quite contagious.

After this however, the album slips straight back into mediocrity. No Hope, No Future really offers nothing to get overly excited about. It's got a few decent tracks, namely: The Way My Heart Beats, Under Control and Then She Walks Away are all pretty good.

Apart from this though there's nothing you could really recommend to friends or get excited about. The first couple of listens for myself will probably be my last.

5/10

I guess this album review goes against the whole concept of this blog. Northern Soul, Southern Heart is all about introducing new music to others who read the blog. I would be pretty reluctant to recommend this album to others, But after listening, I felt compelled to write a review.

Northern Soul

listening to:

Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future - The Way My Heart Beats