Good Shoes hail from Morden in South West London, a place you may have only heard of after browsing a map of the London Underground. It’s last stop on the Northern line, so unless you fall asleep on your next tube ride, you’ll probably never go there. Think Before You Speak, the band’s debut album bypasses the bright lights of London town for the thoughts and feelings of a young man in his late teens (singer/guitarist Rhys Jones provides lyrics) growing up in an uninspiring suburban town.

Rhys looks back fondly on the recording process, which took place in Malmo, Sweden with Per Sunding (Franz Ferdinand) and Tore Johansson (The Cardigans).

“Recording the album in Sweden was a stab in the dark looking back. Our label [independent Brille, also home of The Knife and Envelopes] pressed us into going there, but it turned out perfectly. It was fun. We’d all cycle through Malmo to the studio each morning, but the best thing was that we were away from the distractions of home.”

Recording took twenty days, with the band (Rhys’ brother Tom plays drums, while Steve Leach and Joel Cox pick up guitar and bass respectively) working from late morning to late at night. Rhys is chief lyric-writer/self-appointed band leader, scribbling thoughts into notebooks at every opportunity.