Biography
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Years Active
2004 – present (20 years)
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Founded In
Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
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Members
- Laura-Mary Carter (2004 – present)
- Steven Ansell
Blood Red Shoes is an English alternative rock duo from Brighton consisting of Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell. They have released six full-length albums, Box of Secrets (2008), Fire Like This (2010), In Time to Voices (2012), Blood Red Shoes (2014), Get Tragic (2019) and Ghosts on Tape (2022) as well as several EPs and a number of singles. In 2014, they founded their own label, Jazz Life.
Formation
Blood Red Shoes formed in late 2004, after Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter's previous bands (Cat on Form and Lady Muck respectively) broke up and they decided to "have a jam". In an interview in Berlin, Carter explained that the band's name was taken from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musical, in which Rogers had turned a pair of white dancing shoes red with blood due to the amount of dancing she had done practising for the role
Their debut album Box Of Secrets was finally released in April 2008 on Mercury Records, where they were transferred to following the sale of V2 to Universal.
Their second album Fire Like This was released on 1 March 2010 to critical acclaim.
The single It's Getting Boring By The Sea is featured on the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Discography
Box of Secrets
Released: 14 April 2008
Fire like This
Released: 1 March 2010
In Time to Voices
Released: 26 March 2012
Blood Red Shoes
Released: 3 March 2014
Get Tragic
Released: 25 January 2019
Ghosts on Tape
Released: 14 January 2022
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