We could make the glib comment that she’s getting them for Christmas – but that’d be so patronising, wouldn’t it? And so against the intent of the song that’d it be doing it a sizable injustice. Mosa is the band, the songwriter and singer is Melissa Frabotta, from New York. This song is an empowering embracement of the end of the affair : “I’ll make this easy for the two of us / I’m so tired of you and you’re so tired of me / I’m going into town and Mama’s going to feel brand new“.
With buzzing guitar (courtesy of producer and guitarist Phil Anthony) and a tempo that never slows, ‘Mama’s Got Brand New Shoes‘ is an uplifting statement of freedom and renewal. And, as folk rock with a rockabilly heart it’d be pretty dancable too – if you have a party to go to anytime in the next couple of weeks this could be your “banger“.
