Blood Red Shoes
For Laura-Mary of
Blood Red Shoes I built the first Springtime guitar. I was
searching for a long time to find a suitable band for my stereo bass guitar +
guitar idea, until I received a message from the venue Ekko in Utrecht who
mentioned them as a two piece band making music in the tradition of Nirvana,
Pixies Sonic Youth, and the 90s Riot
Grrrl bands like Le Tigre and Sleater-Kinney. IÕm always a bit reserved when
Nirvana is mentioned as a reference. Numerous lame bands
of the ninties were endless referred to as being grunge, but this is actually
the first band after Nirvana and the Riot Grrrl bands, which uses the grunge
sound in a good way instead of the pathetic mainstream clones like The
Offspring and Bush.
They are currently
(may 2009) working on their 2nd album as can be viewed in their
YouTube Diary clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRs2QyBVHm4
The Springtime is
shown right in the beginning of the clip. Steven told me it was a challence to
work with it, because it was louder than he could drum. He really had to work
to compete with it. The Springtime is used on the current recordings for the
second album. They donÕt play live with it yet, but the album is said to be
released in spring 2010.
Allmusic
Biography
Brighton, England's
Blood Red Shoes features Laura-Mary Carter (vocals/guitar) and Steven Ansell
(drums/vocals), two enthusiastic punk-inspired brawlers who channel the clamor
of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Duke Spirit, and Huggy Bear. Ansell, who performed with
Cat on Form, and Carter, a former member of Lady Muck, came together in late
2004 upon the demise of their previous bands. With one song in tow, the angsty
duo landed a gig and Blood Red Shoes was born; the name is reminiscent of
Ginger Rogers, who allegedly had to redo a tap dance scene so many times that
her white dancing shoes ended up covered in blood. By mid-2005, Blood Red Shoes
readied the release of their debut 7" EP for the London indie imprint
Jonson Family. With BBC Radio 1 and XFM championing songs such as the shouty "Victory
for the Magpie" and "Don't Always Say Yes", the EP
sold out in just weeks. Follow-up singles "ADHD" and "Stitch
Me Back" arrived on Try Harder in early 2006. In April 2008
they released their debut album Box of Secrets.
Discography
Blood
Red Shoes Š IÕll be Your Eyes (EP) V2,
2007
Blood
Red Shoes Š Box of Secrets Mercury, 2008
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