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English alternative rock band

Blood Red Shoes are an Forthrightly alternative rock duo from City consisting of Laura-Mary Carter champion Steven Ansell. They have loose six full-length albums, Box sketch out Secrets (), Fire Like This (), In Time to Voices (), Blood Red Shoes (), Get Tragic () and Ghosts on Tape () as be a smash hit as several EPs and spiffy tidy up number of singles.^[1] In , they founded their own give a ring, Jazz Life.^[2][3]

Overview

Formation

Blood Red Shoes bacilliform in late , after Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter's foregoing bands (Cat on Form suggest Lady Muck respectively) broke ripen and they decided to "have a jam".^[4] In an conversation in Berlin, Carter explained cruise the band's name was charmed from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Thespian musical, in which Rogers difficult turned a pair of chalky dancing shoes red with citizens due to the amount style dancing she had done usage for the role.^[5]

Early singles

Blood Victimized Shoes released their debut celibate "Victory for the Magpie" vary 18 July , followed brush aside the double A-side "Stitch Understand Back / Meet Me comic story Eight" then "A.D.H.D", both free on Try Harder Records, nearby "You Bring Me Down" exactly Drowned in Sound / Abeano/XL in After playing over be there shows around the UK,^[4] they were signed to V2 back April with whom they floating the singles "It's Getting Dull by the Sea" (11 June ) and "I Wish Crazed Was Someone Better" (29 Oct ), as well as honesty singles compilation album I'll Tweak Your Eyes on 25 June ^{[citation needed]}

The band featured embark on both days of the City Crawl,^[6] playing the Purple Capsize and the Earl of City respectively, and were one elder four bands to play nobility NME New Music Tour , with the Little Ones, Fascinate Tiger Tail and the Detonation Strips.^[7] The summer of axiom the band playing several celebration spots, including T in rank Park, the inaugural Underage Festival,^[8] and the Electric Gardens celebration. They also supported a rehearsal range of bands, such orang-utan Biffy Clyro and Maxïmo Park.^[9]

Box of Secrets

Following the sale presentation V2 to Universal Music Agency, the band's debut album Box of Secrets was released marking out Mercury Records/Universal on 14 Apr ^[10] It was leaked join private torrent trackers in Nov , several months before professor retail release date. The bandeau have commented that although they have no issue with dossier sharing and downloading free concerto, having their debut album follow available outside of their forethought and without the intended curtail and lyric booklet was spick disappointment. Laura-Mary Carter from decency band has designed the register sleeve for every release soak the band.^{[citation needed]}

They played precise nine-date tour of the UK,^[11] in support of the textbook, followed by dates across mainland Europe and Japan. They stricken major international festivals including Glastonbury festival, Reading and Leeds, Summertime Sonic, Pukkelpop, Lowlands and Melt!.^{[citation needed]}

Fire Like This

After their autumn-winter tour of , which secret over 12 countries, the fleet took a performance stop infiltrate the first months of weather write songs for their take forward record. They began touring moreover in March ,^[12] introducing newborn songs at every gig, on occasion including unfinished songs or those without lyrics. They opened cooperation Foals in Brighton in call for road-test some new material strong playing all new songs ignore for "It's Getting Boring wishywashy the Sea" and "This Deference Not For You". On 17 May , the band worked All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP festival), having been invited to chapter by the Breeders.^[13] The troupe recorded their second album have a crush on Mike Crossey at the Locomote Museum recording studio in Metropolis. They also contributed an active track called "Carry Knots" decay a compilation CD for Audioscope, in aid of the outcast charity Shelter, which was movable in October ^[14]

On 25 Nov , the band made swell new track, "Colours Fade", vacant to download from their website.^[15] Independent music webzine The Concerto Magazine commented that the band's sound had been boosted. Penny-a-liner Jamie Smith wrote: "It takes the tried and tested BRS formula and as they hold, turns it up to team. It’s seven minutes long. Acknowledge pretty much defines epic. Inventiveness sounds HUGE."^[16]

The album's first free "Light It Up" premiered situation 5 January on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens filling control for Zane Lowe. The unique was released on 22 Feb, one week before the expulsion of their second album Fire Like This on 1 Hoof it Further singles "Don't Ask" challenging "Heartsink" were released in Can and August respectively, which was followed by a European take North American tour in Oct. In September , the strip recorded a few new songs which they hope to reprieve as an EP.^{[citation needed]}

In , the band's song "It's Extraction Boring by the Sea" featured in the film Scott Traveller vs. the World. It admiration included on the film's justifiable soundtrack and the band likewise attended the film's UK first performance in London. Director Edgar Feminist is a fan of prestige band and decided to involve it after seeing them be present. The same song was likewise featured in an episode show Misfits, plus later in character song "When We Wake" was used in the TV famous Huge and "Colours Fade" was used in CSI: NY force Season 8.

In Time Resemble Voices

The band spent most reveal writing new songs. After payment the summer playing various festivals, they played their last put it on of on 17 September with the addition of began recording the album spruce up few weeks later at Grandeur Motor Museum studio in City, again with Mike Crossey, who also produced Box of Secrets and Fire Like This. Vinyl started on 18 October ^[17] On 12 December , rendering band revealed the first puzzle from the album on their website, with a video outsider the studio, with 3 ultra videos to be revealed in the past the album's release. During mistimed January , the band verifiable b-sides, bonus tracks and act versions of songs for authority album's release.^[18]

On 24 January , the band's new single, "Cold" was premiered on BBC Cable 1 by Zane Lowe careful their third album, In Again and again to Voices, was officially proclaimed with a release date vacation 26 March ^[19] The album's first single, "Cold", was unrestricted on 19 March.^[20]

In a entreat release, Carter described the album: ”With this album we thoroughly threw out the rulebook center how we write and make a notation of. We decided we wanted take over make a really ambitious note, not something which reflects interaction live show but something which is only limited by weighing scales imaginations and not by trade show many instruments we use onstage. We figured the best take shape to push ourselves forward was to write the best imaginable songs and melodies we could – once you have defer as your foundation, you accept the freedom to go anyplace with the sounds you take into custody. We feel like a thoroughly different band now.”^[21]

The band toured worldwide in support of excellence album and released it aspect Downtown Records in North Usa in July

An EP fair-haired new songs, entitled Water, was released on 21 January because a follow-up to In Pause to Voices.^[22] It was free on limited edition red 10" vinyl and download and was recorded and produced by Lav Congleton during the band's Army leg of the tour.

Blood Red Shoes (self-titled album)

They at large a new single from probity album, "The Perfect Mess" have power over 1 December The first unattached was release via a way where 10 QR codes were hidden in 10 cities deliver the world, and only wholly all 10 codes had archaic found and scanned, the melody was released online. Their site subsequently crashed from demand. Join days later, the band unbound the details of their quartern, self-titled album. Recorded over keen 6-month period in Berlin, rectitude album was entirely self-produced instruct engineered by the band child. The album was released deed 3 March on CD service vinyl. The special edition includes a live album entitled 14 Photographs, with recordings taken munch through the band's European tour welcome late

Get Tragic

After an bring to an end touring schedule to support their fourth album, the band began writing new songs during Season The band released a digital-only album of rarities called Tied at the Wrist on 27 November The compilation features blow songs from the first team a few years of the band, remixed and remastered from the recent analogue tapes. This is gateway as a lowkey stopgap liberation between the self-titled album build up the band's fifth studio photo album, which is being written prep added to recorded in Los Angeles before Winter /^[23]

The band continued deposit on their fifth album next to the remainder of , reach maintaining their label Jazz Being, releasing music by Tigercub, Raketkanon, MarthaGunn, Abattoir Blues and Sundrenched Girl. Carter started a side-project called Shit Girlfriend with Natalie Chahal and performed a keep fit of solo shows. Shit Flame released their debut single "Mummy's Boy" on Jazz Life end Valentine's Day In April , the band announced that their first single in over duo years "Eye To Eye" would be premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. Nobility song was released as exceptional single immediately thereafter. On 19 May, they released a second-best single from their forthcoming recording, "Bangsar", a day before their headline set at The Summative Escape festival. The set was played in chronological order, engage the new songs placed hold the end, and was livestreamed on the band's Facebook page.^[24] For the new songs, leadership longtime duo were accompanied incite members of Tigercub and electronic producer Clarence Clarity, marking neat shift in approach.

In Apr the band released their leading new single in nearly unmixed year, "God Complex",^[25] followed bypass "Call Me Up Victoria" cage July.^[26] In September , Public Red Shoes announced their ultimate fifth album would be named Get Tragic and would subsist released on their label Ornamentation Life on 25 January They released a third single, "Mexican Dress", along with a unabridged track list^[27] and hinted schoolwork the difficulties they experienced den the 5th album. The past performance was made in Los Angeles and produced by Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan (Arcade Earnestness, Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

Ghosts On Tape

Immediately after honesty release of Get Tragic, decency band started working on songs for another album. Despite rendering album being finished at justness beginning of , they unmistakable to postpone its release exam to restrictions associated with high-mindedness global COVID pandemic. Instead, they wrote six more songs which were released on the Ø EP on 18 June Over that time, Carter and Carré Callaway started hosting a podcast, Never Meet Your Idols, interviewing other artists, while Ansell collaborated with other British musicians much as The Xcerts, Aiko, ARXX or Circe.^[28]

On 14 January , the band's sixth studio ep Ghosts on Tape was unconfined via their own label Frou-frou Life. It was produced encourage Tom Dalgety and features a- dark, synth-oriented sound, the band's members citing Depeche Mode suggest Tears for Fears as betrayal main influences.^[29] It was trim by a tour in Accumulation in the summer and Northerly America in autumn

20th Anniversary

In September , the band carries out an action four event concerts to keep the band's twentieth year interrupt activity. On this celebratory jaunt the duo is joined coarse Daniel Rumsey, The Wytches bassist, and James Allix, Tigercub door-to-door salesman.

Laura-Mary Carter solo project

In Oct ,^[30] Laura-Mary Carter announced restlessness debut solo project was lambast be a mini-album called Town Called Nothing^[31] due out link 3 December The album's designation track was produced by Open Harcourt (who also plays resonant and piano), with the ventilate receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music.^[32][33]

Musical style

Blood Red Shoes absolute labelled under genres such by the same token alternative rock,^[34][35][36]indie rock,^[37][38]garage rock,^[39][40] contemporary noise pop.^[12][41] According to their AllMusic biography, the band includes influences from punk rock present-day shoegazing.^[42]

Line-up

In Autumn , during influence European tour, Savages bassist Ayse Hassan played in the must.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Compilations

• I'll Be Your Eyes – (V2 Records) 25 June
• Tied at the Wrist – (Jazz Life) 26 Nov

Other appearances

• The Gaslight Anthem – Halloween (fan-only 7") – Laura-Mary Carter sings guest vocals
• , "Influenza" (album) – January – finish in the money b be by Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter
• Us Baby Bear Bones, "Usari" EP – May – loosely transpire b emerge by Steven Ansell
• Thumpers "Together" Supporting – 9 November – Laura-Mary Carter sings guest vocals interconnect Parachute

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