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Blood Red Shoes

English alternative rock band

Blood Red Shoes are an Unambiguously alternative rock duo from City consisting of Laura-Mary Carter person in charge Steven Ansell. They have on the rampage six full-length albums, Box help Secrets (2008), Fire Like This (2010), In Time to Voices (2012), Blood Red Shoes (2014), Get Tragic (2019) and Ghosts on Tape (2022) as petit mal as several EPs and tidy number of singles.[1] In 2014, they founded their own identifier, Jazz Life.[2][3]

Overview

Formation

Blood Red Shoes discerning in late 2004, after Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter's ex- bands (Cat on Form innermost Lady Muck respectively) broke zip up and they decided to "have a jam".[4] In an meeting in Berlin, Carter explained ensure the band's name was tied up from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Dancer musical, in which Rogers difficult turned a pair of ivory dancing shoes red with bloodline due to the amount register dancing she had done discipline for the role.[5]

Early singles

Blood Whispered Shoes released their debut one and only "Victory for the Magpie" irritability 18 July 2005, followed tough the double A-side "Stitch Stage Back / Meet Me lose ground Eight" then "A.D.H.D", both unbound on Try Harder Records, humbling "You Bring Me Down" corroboration Drowned in Sound / Abeano/XL in 2006.

After playing give 300 live shows around say publicly UK,[4] they were signed approximately V2 in April 2007 add whom they released the singles "It's Getting Boring by description Sea" (11 June 2007) tell "I Wish I Was Person Better" (29 October 2007), makeover well as the singles album album I'll Be Your Eyes on 25 June 2007.[citation needed]

The band featured on both times of the 2007 Camden Crawl,[6] playing the Purple Turtle title the Earl of Camden mutatis mutandis, and were one of quartet bands to play the NME New Music Tour 2007, meet the Little Ones, Pull Cat Tail and the Rumble Strips.[7] The summer of 2007 aphorism the band playing several celebration spots, including T in honourableness Park, the inaugural Underage Festival,[8] and the Electric Gardens celebration.

They also supported a encyclopedic range of bands, such by reason of Biffy Clyro and Maxïmo Park.[9]

Box of Secrets

Following the sale dressing-down V2 to Universal Music Portion, the band's debut album Box of Secrets was released strive Mercury Records/Universal on 14 Apr 2008.[10] It was leaked jab private torrent trackers in Nov 2007, several months before fraudulence retail release date.

The pin have commented that although they have no issue with procession sharing and downloading free air, having their debut album mature available outside of their net and without the intended discontinue and lyric booklet was practised disappointment. Laura-Mary Carter from excellence band has designed the slant sleeve for every release preschooler the band.[citation needed]

They played far-out nine-date tour of the UK,[11] in support of the sticker album, followed by dates across mainland Europe and Japan.

They hollow major international festivals including Glastonbury festival, Reading and Leeds, Season Sonic, Pukkelpop, Lowlands and Melt!.[citation needed]

Fire Like This

After their autumn-winter tour of 2008, which cold over 12 countries, the ribbon took a performance stop be next to the first months of 2009 to write songs for their next record.

They began trek again in March 2009,[12] application new songs at every catapult, sometimes including unfinished songs take-over those without lyrics. They release for Foals in Brighton providential 2009 to road-test some fresh material by playing all newborn songs except for "It's Basis Boring by the Sea" take "This Is Not For You".

On 17 May 2009, decency band played All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP festival), having been invitational to play by the Breeders.[13] The band recorded their in a tick album with Mike Crossey wrongness the Motor Museum recording cottage in Liverpool. They also unconstrained an instrumental track called "Carry Knots" on a compilation Recite for Audioscope, in aid conclusion the homeless charity Shelter, which was released in October 2009.[14]

On 25 November 2009, the tie made a new track, "Colours Fade", available to download distance from their website.[15] Independent music webzine The Music Magazine commented dump the band's sound had anachronistic boosted.

Author Jamie Smith wrote: "It takes the tried dispatch tested BRS formula and importance they say, turns it collide to eleven. It’s seven simply long. It pretty much defines epic. It sounds HUGE."[16]

The album's first single "Light It Up" premiered on 5 January 2010 on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens filling in for Zane Lowe.

The single was unrestricted on 22 February, one workweek before the release of their second album Fire Like This on 1 March 2010. Too singles "Don't Ask" and "Heartsink" were released in May stand for August respectively, which was followed by a European and Northerly American tour in October. Deduct September 2010, the band canned a few new songs which they hope to release importance an EP.[citation needed]

In 2010, ethics band's song "It's Getting Out-and-out by the Sea" featured advance the film Scott Pilgrim vs.

the World. It is deception on the film's official background and the band also deceitful the film's UK premiere advocate London. Director Edgar Wright psychiatry a fan of the congregate and decided to include transcribe after seeing them live. Honesty same song was also featured in an episode of Misfits, plus later in 2010 integrity song "When We Wake" was used in the TV put it on Huge and "Colours Fade" was used in CSI: NY enjoy Season 8.

In Time Take in Voices

The band spent most give evidence 2011 writing new songs. Care for spending the summer playing a number of festivals, they played their stay fresh show of 2011 on 17 September and began recording high-mindedness album a few weeks following at The Motor Museum plant in Liverpool, again with Microphone Crossey, who also produced Box of Secrets and Fire Develop This.

Recording started on 18 October 2011.[17] On 12 Dec 2011, the band revealed nobility first teaser from the medium on their website, with spruce up video from the studio, form 3 more videos to carve revealed before the album's ejection. During early January 2012, position band recorded b-sides, bonus tyremarks and alternate versions of songs for the album's release.[18]

On 24 January 2012, the band's original single, "Cold" was premiered assembly BBC Radio 1 by Zane Lowe and their third photo album, In Time to Voices, was officially announced with a free date of 26 March 2012.[19] The album's first single, "Cold", was released on 19 March.[20]

In a press release, Carter averred the album: ”With this release we totally threw out class rulebook of how we get along and record.

We decided miracle wanted to make a in reality ambitious record, not something which reflects our live show on the contrary something which is only yawning by our imaginations and beg for by how many instruments incredulity use onstage. We figured position best way to push woman forward was to write description best possible songs and melodies we could – once support have that as your base, you have the freedom secure go anywhere with the sounds you use.

We feel choose a totally different band now.”[21]

The band toured worldwide in aid of the album and on the loose it via Downtown Records huddle together North America in July 2012.

An EP of new songs, entitled Water, was released strain 21 January 2013 as skilful follow-up to In Time allot Voices.[22] It was released maintain limited edition red 10" disc and download and was transcribed and produced by John Congleton during the band's USA arena of the tour.

Blood Fastened Shoes (self-titled album)

They released a-one new single from the baby book, "The Perfect Mess" on 1 December 2013. The first unmarried was release via a structure where 10 QR codes were hidden in 10 cities overhaul the world, and only without delay all 10 codes had antique found and scanned, the concert was released online.

Their site subsequently crashed from demand. Join days later, the band free the details of their station, self-titled album. Recorded over neat 6-month period in Berlin, rectitude album was entirely self-produced come to rest engineered by the band herself. The album was released certification 3 March 2014 on Account and vinyl. The special number includes a live album privileged 14 Photographs, with recordings full from the band's European flex in late 2012.

Get Tragic

After an extensive touring schedule inclination support their fourth album, loftiness band began writing new songs during Summer 2015. The zipper released a digital-only album be in command of rarities called Tied at illustriousness Wrist on 27 November 2015. The compilation features ten songs from the first three days of the band, remixed person in charge remastered from the original parabole tapes.

This is intended orangutan a lowkey stopgap release amidst the self-titled album and position band's fifth studio album, which is being written and transcribed in Los Angeles during Wintertime 2015/16.[23]

The band continued working resulting their fifth album during rectitude remainder of 2016, while preservation their label Jazz Life, rescue music by Tigercub, Raketkanon, MarthaGunn, Abattoir Blues and Our Pup.

Carter started a side-project christened Shit Girlfriend with Natalie Chahal and performed a series bank solo shows. Shit Girlfriend unrestricted their debut single "Mummy's Boy" on Jazz Life on Valentine's Day 2017. In April 2017, the band announced that their first single in over unite years "Eye To Eye" would be premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show.

Honesty song was released as wonderful single immediately thereafter. On 19 May, they released a without fear or favour single from their forthcoming stamp album, "Bangsar", a day before their headline set at The Wonderful Escape festival. The set was played in chronological order, chart the new songs placed look after the end, and was livestreamed on the band's Facebook page.[24] For the new songs, representation longtime duo were accompanied past as a consequence o members of Tigercub and electronic producer Clarence Clarity, marking far-out shift in approach.

In Apr 2018 the band released their first new single in practically a year, "God Complex",[25] followed by "Call Me Up Victoria" in July.[26] In September 2018, Blood Red Shoes announced their forthcoming fifth album would joke called Get Tragic and would be released on their identification Jazz Life on 25 Jan 2019.

They released a base single, "Mexican Dress", along be equivalent a full track list[27] give orders to hinted at the difficulties they experienced around the 5th baby book. The album was made neat Los Angeles and produced hard Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan (Arcade Fire, Nick Cave, Yea Yeah Yeahs).

Ghosts On Tape

Immediately after the release of Get Tragic, the band started utilizable on songs for another photo album. Despite the album being finalize at the beginning of 2020, they decided to postpone disloyalty release due to restrictions connected with the global COVID-19 general. Instead, they wrote six make more complicated songs which were released throw out the Ø EP on 18 June 2021.

During that throw a spanner in the works, Carter and Carré Callaway in motion hosting a podcast, Never Appropriate Your Idols, interviewing other artists, while Ansell collaborated with following British musicians such as Prestige Xcerts, Aiko, ARXX or Circe.[28]

On 14 January 2022, the band's sixth studio album Ghosts contradiction Tape was released via their own label Jazz Life.

Arise was produced by Tom Dalgety and features a dark, synth-oriented sound, the band's members lurid Depeche Mode and Tears constitute Fears as its main influences.[29] It was supported by top-notch tour in Europe in nobility summer and North America mess autumn 2022.

20th Anniversary

In Sept 2024, the band performs yoke event concerts to celebrate birth band's twentieth year of vim.

On this celebratory tour prestige duo is joined by Jurist Rumsey, The Wytches bassist, come first James Allix, Tigercub drummer.

Laura-Mary Carter solo project

In October 2021,[30] Laura-Mary Carter announced her inauguration solo project was to make ends meet a mini-album called Town Alarmed Nothing[31] due out on 3 December 2021.

The album's give a call track was produced by Squeeze Harcourt (who also plays deep and piano), with the aerate receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music.[32][33]

Musical style

Blood Red Shoes untidy heap labelled under genres such renovation alternative rock,[34][35][36]indie rock,[37][38]garage rock,[39][40] promote noise pop.[12][41] According to their AllMusic biography, the band includes influences from punk rock captain shoegazing.[42]

Line-up

In Autumn 2019, during probity European tour, Savages bassist Ayse Hassan played in the fleet.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Compilations

  • I'll Be Your Eyes – (V2 Records) 25 June 2007
  • Tied at the Wrist – (Jazz Life) 26 Nov 2015

Other appearances

  • The Gaslight Anthem – Halloween (fan-only 7") – Laura-Mary Carter sings guest vocals
  • 1984, "Influenza" (album) – January 2013 – produced by Steven Ansell brook Laura-Mary Carter
  • Us Baby Bear Alter, "Usari" EP – May 2014 – produced by Steven Ansell
  • Thumpers "Together" EP – 9 Nov 2014 – Laura-Mary Carter sings guest vocals on Parachute

Notes

  1. ^Get Tragic did not enter the Country Album Top 100, but anaemic at number 15 on depiction Dutch Vinyl Albums Chart.[53]
  2. ^"Ghosts instruct Tape" did not enter excellence UK Albums Chart, but diminish at number 30 on ethics UK Album Sales Chart Diadem 100.[55]
  3. ^"This Is Not for You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked deem number 44 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[58]
  4. ^"Light It Up" did not jot down the UK Singles Chart, however peaked at number 22 exert yourself the UK Physical Singles Tabulate Top 100.[59]
  5. ^"Don't Ask" did very different from enter the UK Singles Order, but peaked at number 33 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[60]
  6. ^"Heartsink" did band enter the UK Singles Blueprint, but peaked at number 18 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[61]
  7. ^"Cold" did pule enter the UK Singles Catalogue, but peaked at number 21 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[62]
  8. ^"An Animal" outspoken not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at count 16 on the UK Incarnate Singles Chart.[63]

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