No Hope, No Future

No Hope, No Future
Studio album by Good Shoes
Released	25 January 2010 (2010-01-25)
Recorded	2009
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop
Length	30:57
Label	Brille Records
Good Shoes chronology
Think Before You Speak (2007) No Hope, No Future (2010)

No Hope, No Future is the second album by English indie rock band Good Shoes. It was released in January 2010.

Reception

No Hope, No Future received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic based on 11 reviews.[1]

Pitchfork's Marc Hogan stated it was "A darker album, a slightly clumsier album, but an album with a strong unifying themes and a few songs worth stepping away from the bar for."[2] Heather Phares from AllMusic said "No Hope, No Future doesn't always play to the band's proven strengths, but it shows that Good Shoes are a thoroughly independent, even contrary band that's unafraid of change, even when it's difficult"[3] Kelly Murray called of NME opined "Good Shoes offer little to get flustered over with this sometimes dire, but mostly mediocre second album" calling the album's title "prophetic".[4]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
NME	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(5.8/10)[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Way My Heart Beats"	2:36
2.	"Everything You Do"	3:30
3.	"I Know"	3:24
4.	"Under Control"	2:30
5.	"Do You Remember"	3:02
6.	"Our Loving Mother In A Pink Diamond"	2:56
7.	"Times Change"	2:50
8.	"1000 Miles an Hour"	1:58
9.	"Then She Walks Away"	3:56
10.	"City By The Sea"	4:15
Total length:		30:57

Bonus Tracks Version

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Talk"	1:54
12.	"Stand By"	1:59
13.	"Run Away with Me"	2:57
14.	"Easier, Easier"	4:08
15.	"City by the Sea (Burberry Acoustic Version)"	5:00

Personnel

• Rhys Jones – vocals, guitar
• Steve Leach – guitar
• Will Church – bass guitar
• Tom Jones – drums

References

1. "No Hope, No Future : Good Shoes : Metascore 60". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
2. "Good Shoes: No Hope, No Future". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
3. "No Hope, No Future - Good Shoes | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
4. "Good Shoes - Album reviews: Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future (Brille) - Album Reviews - NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
5. "Album Review: Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.