Ignition

Ignition

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<b>Shoes</b>, the trailblazing guitar-pop combo from tiny Zion, Illinois who in the 1970s prefigured the home-recording DIY boom of the 90s and beyond will release their first album of new material since 1994 on August 14, 2012. <b>Ignition</b> switches on with 15 fresh, vital tracks from Shoes three founding members and songwriters: bassist-vocalist <b>John Murphy</b>, guitarist-vocalist <b>Jeff Murphy</b>, and guitarist-vocalist <b>Gary Klebe</b>, plus longtime stage drummer John Richardson. Self-produced and released on the band s own Black Vinyl Records, Ignition not only carries on Shoes cult-heroic tradition of edibly tuneful, harmony-honeycombed guitar pop; it ventures intriguingly beyond those comfortable (though undeniably rewarding) borders as well. Altogether the work of seasoned, mature musicians whose singular trajectory as 100-percent self-taught, self-created recording artists has been outside-the-box since it began, Ignition showcases Shoes at their technical and artistic peak.