- Music
- 11 Feb 10
No Hope, No Future
Recently dumped singer pours his heart out
Man, you have to feel sorry for Good Shoes’ lead singer Rhys Jones. After undergoing what was apparently a pretty harsh break-up, the band’s second record, the cheerily titled No Hope No Future (yeah, you caught that too?) is all about having a broken heart. It’s not all downbeat stuff, though: the band’s dedication to the jerky-pop-fuzz genre is as strong as ever – the songs sound like XTC on, well, drugs. Recorded in garden sheds, bedrooms and mate’s studios, No Hope No Future comes off a bit like a grittier Wombats. But while ‘Under Control’ and ‘The Way My Heart Beats’ are storming indie songs, we don’t see Good Shoes doing big things commercially speaking any time soon.