New Music: Good Shoes: "The Photos on My Wall" [Stream]
Hindsight may be 20/20, but Good Shoes don't leave much time to reflect. Two minutes in, they're already gone-- and "The Photos on My Wall" fades quicker than that. But even if Good Shoes had tarried a while longer, it's unlikely to have helped their cause: "Photos" is nostalgic without recalling a specific time or place, breezy without being particularly carefree. That disconnect leaves the song feeling oddly isolated, despite that it sounds like a B-side from The Futureheads' debut.
Chalk their transgressions up to youthful arrogance, which in this case proves more of a liability than a selling point. When Rhys Jones says he stares and nods his head so that he can "leave straight when it finishes," it sounds like he's building toward a bold exit. But in truth, when the end comes, you'll hardly notice.
Stream: > Good Shoes: "The Photos On My Wall"
[from The Photos on My Wall Single; out now in the UK on Brille Records, out March 20 in the U.S.] | [ORDER]