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Album Review

Good Shoes Think Before You Speak
Brille

Article written by Paul M
Apr 22, 2007.

It’s taken so long to deliver the first album by Morden’s Good Shoes that there was a danger that it’d end up like one of those Rough Trade shop annual round-up comps; excellent but slightly dated, reflecting what’s been and gone rather than providing a crystal ball like vision of the future. Fortunately, while Think Before You Speak may still offer up comparisions with others who have now potentially shot their bolt (Futureheads, Maximo Park and Bloc Party spring to mind), it still merits a listen or twelve, on account of the fact that it’s brimming with more hooks than an angler’s box.

The cracking early singles are represented here, including a freshly buffed up and smoothed down version of debut effort Small Town Girl plus the original razor edged rhythms of the jerktastic We are not the Same and Never Meant to Hurt You and the Buzzcocks pogo of Photos on My Wall. Where in a live setting the lyrics are often lost in the scuzz of guitar and pounding of drums, they come to the fore in the recorded form. So, ok, while they may not quite reach Poet Laureate levels they certainly adequately capture the feelings of being young in a suburban setting with their themes of boredom (“I got a tan from my TV”), frustration (“Just waiting for your turn to speak”) and self-doubt (“I want to be the one who can dance without getting drunk”). Ultimately while, come the end of the year, it’s doubtful that you’ll still be playing this album, right here, right now, this angst ridden pop trove is snappy and choppy enough to be enjoyed.

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