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Episode 21: The Album Is Dead: Good Shoes 'Think Before You Speak'

Released during the golden age of the British indie scene back in 2006 Good Shoes debut album 'Think Before You Speak' is our Album Is Dead show LP this week! With its jaunty guitars and Arctic Monkey-esque social commentary about working class towns the album was one of many highlights from a time when there were so many great bands flooding the gig venues around the country and releasing exciting debut albums. The four-piece even wrote a song about what it was like to grow up in their home town of Morden in South London, they painted a pretty grim, grey picture but the band was bright, refreshing and colourful in both sound and personality, an album well worth revisiting or introducing yourself to 15 years after its release. (Series 1)
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