Good Shoes

Infobox musical artist
Name = Good Shoes


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Origin = Morden, London, England
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Brille Records
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URL = [http://www.goodshoes.co.uk/ http://www.goodshoes.co.uk/]
Current_members = Rhys Jones
Tom Jones
Joel Cox
Steve Leach
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Good Shoes are a four-piece English indie pop band, hailing from Morden, London.

Biography

Good Shoes was formed by lead singer Rhys Jones and guitarist Steve Leach who often wrote and played music together as a hobby. Rhys and Steve appeared as a two piece under the Good Shoes name for a friends charity gig (Tom-Fest) at a venue in Kingston called The Peel in early January 2004. Eventually, they decided to formalise their hobby into a fully-fledged band, bringing in Rhys's brother Tom and then later Joel Cox (who was friends with Rhys and Steve from secondary school - Raynes Park High School).

The band started looking for gigs in January 2005, their first gig was put on by a friend at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge University on 1 February.Fact|date=June 2007 Their second was at a secret party on Eel Pie Island with Mystery Jets and from then on they played as many gigs as possible in and around London. This led to them playing the Artrocker clubnight in August put on by Artrocker Magazine. At this gig, the band were recommended to their current label, Brille Records by a member of the band FC Kahuna, and after playing In The City music festival in Manchester they signed with Brille in November 2005. John Kennedy (a DJ at London-based radio station Xfm) started to give the band airtime based on a demo which was recorded in the bands shedFact|date=June 2007, and a new demo, recorded at Southern Studios started to get the band recognition from stations like Radio 1, 6 Music and other mainstream radio stations, with both Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe playing the demo.

The band travelled to Malmö, Sweden to record their first album, called "Think Before You Speak", with Per Sunding at Tambourine Studios. It was released 26 March 2007.

On 28 May 2007, the band performed a secret free gig at Morden Park bandstand. The bandstand and other landmarks from the local area are featured in the video for their single "Morden", which was released on 11 June 2007.

"All In My Head" from their album "Think Before You Speak" was used to advertise Channel 4's Brat Camp series.

The band toured during 2007 with Kaiser Chiefs and The Rakes (other support bands included Pigeon Detectives, Little Ones and We Are Scientists). In November 2007 they headlined a tour with support from Lightspeed Champion, also the band supported Maximo Park at their homecoming tour 15 December 2007.

The band are currently working on their second album (June 2008) and have played a low-key support slot to The Maccabees. Their main debut of new material will be at their only confirmed UK festival appearance in Weymouth at Boring By The Sea Festival.

Discography

Albums

* 2007 "Think Before You Speak"
* 2007 "Live at the Astoria" (Limited Release of 1000, recorded at the Astoria, London 21st November 2007)

Singles

* 2007 "Small Town Girl" Released 26th November 2007
* 2007 "Morden"
* 2007 "Never Meant to Hurt You" UK #34, Uk Indie #1
* 2006 "The Photos On My Wall" UK Indie #1
* 2006 "All In My Head"

EPs

* 2006 "We Are Not The Same"

Members

* Rhys Jones - vocals, Guitar
* Steve Leach - Guitar
* Joel Cox - Bass Guitar
* Tom Jones - drums

References

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=771108 Good Shoes Biography - Billboard.com]
* [http://www.musicomh.com/singles6/good-shoes-2_0706.htm "All In My Head" Review - MusicOMH.com]
* [http://www.supersweet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=27 "Think Before You Speak" review at SUPERSWEET]

External links

* [http://www.goodshoes.co.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A18592662 BBC Collective] Good Shoes video session and interview
* [http://www.ilikemusic.com/interviews/Good_Shoes_interview_Rhys_2007-4386 Good Shoes Interview 2007 on ilikemusic.com]
* [http://newbands.canalblog.com/archives/2006/08/20/3088189.html Interview French only]
* [http://www.musictowers.com/features/ViewArticle2022.aspx Good Shoes Interview on Music Towers]