Catch My Shoe

Catch My Shoe
Studio album by The Ex
Released	January 25, 2011
Recorded	March 22–24, 2010
Genre	Punk rock, Experimental
Label	Fishtank/Carrot Top
Producer	Steve Albini, Bob Weston, The Ex
The Ex chronology
30 Years of The Ex (2009) Catch My Shoe (2011) Y'Anbessaw Tezeta (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Spin[1]	[1]
Allmusic [2]	[2]

Catch My Shoe is an album by Dutch anarchist band The Ex. It is the band's first record after the departure of their original vocalist G.W. Sok and features Arnold de Boer, from the band Zea, on vocals, guitar and keyboard. It is also the band's first album recorded without a bass player and has The Ex's two other guitarists trading off duties on lower pitched six-string baritone guitars. Two songs contain overdubbed brass lines recorded by Sicilian jazz trumpeteer Roy Paci.

On Catch My Shoe The Ex couple scratchy punk tunes with a display of their love for African music. One track features a guitar line from a 1950s Ugandan harp player, and another is a cover of a song that the band found on a cassette by Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Maybe I Was the Pilot" 5:36
2. "Double Order" 6:20
3. "Cold Weather is Back" 6:32
4. "Bicycle Illusion" 6:48
5. "Eoleyo" 5:45
6. "Tree Float" 5:53
7. "Keep On Walking" 6:05
8. "Life Whining" 3:23
9. "24 Problems" 7:05

Single and out takes

An alternate version of "Maybe I Was the Pilot" was released as a single without Roy Paci's trumpet work, backed with the non-album track "Our Leaky Homes".^[4] An alternate take of "Double Order" was released as a download on The Ex's website in 2009.^[5]

Personnel

• Arnold de Boer (vocals, guitar, samples)
• Andy Moor (guitar, baritone guitar)
• Terrie Hessels (guitar, baritone guitar)
• Katherina Bornefeld (drums, vocals)
• Roy Paci (trumpet on tracks 1 and 3)

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