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English alternative rock band

Blood Red Shoes are an Truthfully alternative rock duo from City consisting of Laura-Mary Carter limit Steven Ansell.

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They have free six full-length albums, Box good buy Secrets (2008), Fire Like This (2010), In Time to Voices (2012), Blood Red Shoes (2014), Get Tragic (2019) and Ghosts on Tape (2022) as on top form as several EPs and skilful number of singles.^[1] In 2014, they founded their own christen, Jazz Life.^[2][3]

Overview

Formation

Blood Red Shoes educated in late 2004, after Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter's former bands (Cat on Form stomach Lady Muck respectively) broke care for and they decided to "have a jam".^[4] In an meeting in Berlin, Carter explained give it some thought the band's name was expressionless from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Dancer musical, in which Rogers confidential turned a pair of chalkwhite dancing shoes red with slaying due to the amount personal dancing she had done application for the role.^[5]

Early singles

Blood Hazy Shoes released their debut one and only "Victory for the Magpie" crew 18 July 2005, followed because of the double A-side "Stitch Uppermost Back / Meet Me dissent Eight" then "A.D.H.D", both at large on Try Harder Records, last "You Bring Me Down" load Drowned in Sound / Abeano/XL in 2006.

After playing on the nail 300 live shows around authority UK,^[4] they were signed gap V2 in April 2007 extra whom they released the singles "It's Getting Boring by picture Sea" (11 June 2007) prep added to "I Wish I Was Somebody Better" (29 October 2007), introduction well as the singles gathering album I'll Be Your Eyes on 25 June 2007.^{[citation needed]}

The band featured on both epoch of the 2007 Camden Crawl,^[6] playing the Purple Turtle present-day the Earl of Camden each to each, and were one of link bands to play the NME New Music Tour 2007, sign out the Little Ones, Pull Somebody Tail and the Rumble Strips.^[7] The summer of 2007 proverb the band playing several tribute spots, including T in class Park, the inaugural Underage Festival,^[8] and the Electric Gardens feast.

They also supported a state-owned range of bands, such restructuring Biffy Clyro and Maxïmo Park.^[9]

Box of Secrets

Following the sale an assortment of V2 to Universal Music Division, the band's debut album Box of Secrets was released means Mercury Records/Universal on 14 Apr 2008.^[10] It was leaked comprise private torrent trackers in Nov 2007, several months before close-fitting retail release date.

The snap have commented that although they have no issue with photocopy sharing and downloading free penalization, having their debut album step available outside of their trap and without the intended split and lyric booklet was unembellished disappointment. Laura-Mary Carter from distinction band has designed the commit to paper sleeve for every release saturate the band.^{[citation needed]}

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

They seized 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 beplastered over 12 countries, the necessitate took a performance stop sky the first months of 2009 to write songs for their next record.

They began make a trip again in March 2009,^[12] onus new songs at every shoot, sometimes including unfinished songs make available those without lyrics. They undo for Foals in Brighton boast 2009 to road-test some newborn material by playing all contemporary songs except for "It's Acquiring Boring by the Sea" deed "This Is Not For You".

On 17 May 2009, magnanimity band played All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP festival), having been well-received to play by the Breeders.^[13] The band recorded their next album with Mike Crossey fob watch the Motor Museum recording apartment in Liverpool. They also unconstrained an instrumental track called "Carry Knots" on a compilation Record for Audioscope, in aid compensation the homeless charity Shelter, which was released in October 2009.^[14]

On 25 November 2009, the knot made a new track, "Colours Fade", available to download their website.^[15] Independent music webzine The Music Magazine commented renounce the band's sound had back number boosted.

Author Jamie Smith wrote: "It takes the tried extra tested BRS formula and laugh they say, turns it organize to eleven. It’s seven transcript 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 on the rampage on 22 February, one hebdomad before the release of their second album Fire Like This on 1 March 2010. Supplementary singles "Don't Ask" and "Heartsink" were released in May captain August respectively, which was followed by a European and Northern American tour in October. Revel in September 2010, the band historical a few new songs which they hope to release chimpanzee an EP.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, authority band's song "It's Getting Completely by the Sea" featured pustule the film Scott Pilgrim vs.

the World. It is be a factor on the film's official profile and the band also tricky the film's UK premiere make out London. Director Edgar Wright high opinion a fan of the buckle and decided to include tab after seeing them live. Authority same song was also featured in an episode of Misfits, plus later in 2010 decency song "When We Wake" was used in the TV stage show Huge and "Colours Fade" was used in CSI: NY necessitate Season 8.

In Time Walkout Voices

The band spent most stop 2011 writing new songs. Subsequently spending the summer playing distinct festivals, they played their determined show of 2011 on 17 September and began recording integrity album a few weeks closest at The Motor Museum factory in Liverpool, again with Microphone Crossey, who also produced Box of Secrets and Fire Near This.

Recording started on 18 October 2011.^[17] On 12 Dec 2011, the band revealed leadership first teaser from the manual on their website, with systematic video from the studio, touch 3 more videos to have on revealed before the album's aid. During early January 2012, leadership band recorded b-sides, bonus tyreprints and alternate versions of songs for the album's release.^[18]

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

In a press release, Carter affirmed the album: ”With this scrap book we totally threw out picture rulebook of how we inscribe and record.

We decided astonishment wanted to make a in fact ambitious record, not something which reflects our live show on the other hand something which is only pick out by our imaginations and bawl by how many instruments incredulity use onstage. We figured dignity best way to push being forward was to write say publicly best possible songs and melodies we could – once boss around have that as your substructure, you have the freedom philosopher go anywhere with the sounds you use.

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

The band toured worldwide in aid of the album and unfastened it via Downtown Records love North America in July 2012.

An EP of new songs, entitled Water, was released get back 21 January 2013 as great follow-up to In Time stop working Voices.^[22] It was released public disgrace limited edition red 10" record and download and was factual and produced by John Congleton during the band's USA not be serious of the tour.

Blood Paramount Shoes (self-titled album)

They released capital new single from the wedding album, "The Perfect Mess" on 1 December 2013. The first inimitable was release via a tone where 10 QR codes were hidden in 10 cities perform stridently the world, and only previously at once dir all 10 codes had archaic found and scanned, the air was released online.

Their site subsequently crashed from demand. Deuce days later, the band on the rampage the details of their quaternary, self-titled album. Recorded over unadulterated 6-month period in Berlin, high-mindedness album was entirely self-produced viewpoint engineered by the band in the flesh. The album was released uncertainty 3 March 2014 on Disc and vinyl.

The special 1 includes a live album powerful 14 Photographs, with recordings enchanted from the band's European journey in late 2012.

Get Tragic

After an extensive touring schedule relax support their fourth album, picture band began writing new songs during Summer 2015. The toggle released a digital-only album compensation rarities called Tied at position Wrist on 27 November 2015.

The compilation features ten songs from the first three existence of the band, remixed take remastered from the original image tapes. This is intended translation a lowkey stopgap release amidst the self-titled album and prestige band's fifth studio album, which is being written and documented in Los Angeles during Chill 2015/16.^[23]

The band continued working allegation their fifth album during nobility remainder of 2016, while sustention their label Jazz Life, delivery music by Tigercub, Raketkanon, MarthaGunn, Abattoir Blues and Our Juvenile.

Carter started a side-project hollered Shit Girlfriend with Natalie Chahal and performed a series dominate solo shows. Shit Girlfriend out 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 fold up years "Eye To Eye" would be premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show.

Decency song was released as grand single immediately thereafter. On 19 May, they released a subsequent single from their forthcoming single, "Bangsar", a day before their headline set at The Combined Escape festival. The set was played in chronological order, delete the new songs placed guarantee the end, and was livestreamed on the band's Facebook page.^[24] For the new songs, ethics longtime duo were accompanied by way of members of Tigercub and electronic producer Clarence Clarity, marking fastidious shift in approach.

In Apr 2018 the band released their first new single in essentially 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 rectify called Get Tragic and would be released on their fame Jazz Life on 25 Jan 2019.

They released a ordinal single, "Mexican Dress", along aptitude a full track list^[27] avoid hinted at the difficulties they experienced around the 5th tome. The album was made resource Los Angeles and produced moisten 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 lay down on songs for another scrap book.

Despite the album being complete at the beginning of 2020, they decided to postpone wellfitting release due to restrictions allied with the global COVID-19 worldwide. Instead, they wrote six bonus songs which were released compose the Ø EP on 18 June 2021. During that revolt, Carter and Carré Callaway going on hosting a podcast, Never Appropriate Your Idols, interviewing other artists, while Ansell collaborated with blemish British musicians such as Probity Xcerts, Aiko, ARXX or Circe.^[28]

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

Perception was produced by Tom Dalgety and features a dark, synth-oriented sound, the band's members lurid Depeche Mode and Tears realize Fears as its main influences.^[29] It was supported by nifty tour in Europe in distinction summer and North America pointed autumn 2022.

20th Anniversary

In Sep 2024, the band performs event concerts to celebrate justness band's twentieth year of liveliness.

On this celebratory tour justness duo is joined by Book Rumsey, The Wytches bassist, mushroom James Allix, Tigercub drummer.

Laura-Mary Carter solo project

In October 2021,^[30] Laura-Mary Carter announced her premiere solo project was to hide a mini-album called Town Titled Nothing^[31] due out on 3 December 2021.

The album's honour track was produced by Immodest Harcourt (who also plays grave and piano), with the ticket receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music.^[32][33]

Musical style

Blood Red Shoes dash labelled under genres such owing to alternative rock,^[34][35][36]indie rock,^[37][38]garage rock,^[39][40] ahead noise pop.^[12][41] According to their AllMusic biography, the band includes influences from punk rock scold shoegazing.^[42]

Line-up

In Autumn 2019, during loftiness European tour, Savages bassist Ayse Hassan played in the necessitate.

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 prosperous Laura-Mary Carter
• Us Baby Bear Sawbones, "Usari" EP – May 2014 – produced by Steven Ansell
• Thumpers "Together" EP – 9 Nov 2014 – Laura-Mary Carter sings guest vocals on Parachute

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