Blood Red Shoes

in this instance, love is an understatement. i am in pure utter adoration for everything this duo are. their looks, their music, their attitude, and i do fancy the pants off both of them.

seen them live four times now, and each time, the bar has been raised. for example the last time i saw them was at northampton soundhaus on the 2nd of april, and throughout their set they kept dropping hints about how great the previous night had been because they had "half the audience" on stage with them. the venue management/security didn't seem happy with this encouragement for anarchy, but because the stage is about a foot off the ground their was nothing stopping us. just before their last song laura asked the sweaty crowd ahead of her if someone wanted to come and play cowbell with them. i gladly stepped up to the mark, and had the cowbell in my hands. about 30 seconds into the song however, a few mates of mine decided to leap up there with me, and within seconds so had the entire mosh pit. because thirty odd teenagers had scrambled onto a stage made for a band of four, the security team intervened and threw some of us back. steve and laura however seemed more invigorated than before and finished 'i wish i was someone better' with enough power to blow every amp in a ten mile radius.

their album is also on par with their staggering live performances. the opening track is a tune and a half, 'doesnt matter much' will have you gagging for more, and just begs to be released as a single with the catchiest chorus i have heard in a fair while. you wouldnt think the words "lowlowlowlowlowlow, yeah! yeah! yeah!" could make such a killer chorus, but they really do. another track well worth a mention other than those previously released (you bring me down, i wish i was someone better, etc) is new single, 'say something, say anything'. much a like the usual material but something about this one sticks out from the rest, a very catchy song, definatly worth a listen.

i'm dissapointed with their popularity, i cant work out what it is either, originally i assumed their wasn't enough musical depth, with only two instruments, and two people. some also claim they are "too rock for pop, and too pop for rock" which i can understand, but the recent success of all too similar band the tings tings dispels this thought. people have said to me that they sound like the ting tings, but its completely the other way round, and yet somehow blood red shoes have come out worse. i'm not saying the ting tings suck, far from it, but they have stolen blood red shoes thunder, and taken their place in popular culture.

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Doesn't Matter Much - Blood Red Shoes

Take The Weight - Blood Red Shoes

I Wish I Was Someone Better - Blood Red Shoes