CD 18 titres.
1. Boxingday Blues
2. I’m Saving Myself For You
3. Kickstart Affair
4. Pearshaped
5. Not Poetry
6. You’re Shaken I’m Stirred
7. Sensible Shoes Blues
8. Don’t Get Down
9. Spidey
10. Needed : Heart Handbook
11. True Love Will Find You In The End / Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
12. Cheque Card
13. Hackney
14. Heres To The State Of Mr Poodle
15. Creepfoot
16. My Heart Beats Faster Than Techno
17. Count To 3
18. Milk Maid.
“Popshaped” is yet more of Wimpshake's potent mixture of fizzing pop tunes, punk attitude and protest folk. Ever a band to look after their fans, alongside the new songs are re-recorded versions of tracks from deleted singles and compilations, including the band’s live staple, their wonderful medley of Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You In The End” and Jonathan Richman’s “Don’t Let Our Youth Go To Waste”. Other highlights are the thumping “Sensible Shoe Blues”, the heartfelt manifesto of “Cheque Card” and the Phil Och’s inspired “Here’s To The State Of Mr. Poodle” (no prizes for guessing who that’s about). Deliberately arranged with a running order typical of a Milky Wimpshake gig, the excitement builds towards the rock’n’roll riffarama of final song and live encore “Milkmaid”.
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