Another notable song on Two Shoes is Angus' rowdy "The Car Song", an ode to daydreams and carefree thinking. "Someday I'll buy an old car / Someday I'll get that car to start / Someday I'll learn how to drive too / And then someday imagine all the things I could do." It's a silly song with no pretensions, but it's hard to resist falling under it's pure-entertainment spell.
While Cat Empire is an Australian band, the album itself was recorded in the famous Egrem Studious in Havana, Cuba. The band didn't turn into a Latin rhythm group over there, but it's clear the setting influenced the sound of the album. "Sol Y Sombra" the only foreign language track (it's in Spanish) present, is the best example of this with a swinging Latin rhythm and heavy piano throughout.
The album may end on a slightly deeper note with "The Night That Never End" but overall, Two Shoes is a funked-up party album, and a strong contender for best feel-good album of the year.
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