Blood Red Shoes announce second album details

Blood Red Shoes know you don't need a whole string section to denote 'emotional', or a whole horn section to do 'rousing'. They know rock music doesn't need to be smothered in effects or laced with devious studio tricks to make an impact. There is another way, a way to make music that really resonates. It involves boiling songs down to their essence – just raw guitar riffs and drum hits presented crisp and unadorned.

"Fire Like This" is both a progression and a paring down, a record that sees Blood Red Shoes – vocalist/guitarist Laura-Mary Carter and vocalist/drummer Steven Ansell – getting back to their DIY/punk roots. Like its predecessor, 2008's bright, propulsive "Box Of Secrets", it was recorded with producer Mike Crossey, using the facilities of his new Liverpool studio The Motor Museum. This time, though, things would be different. Recording to analogue tape with the bare minimum of guitar or vocal overdubs, Blood Red Shoes' second album slices away a lot of the gloss in favour of a gutsy, raw and more intense sound.

Blood Red Shoes will tour their second album this March, dates in support of the release are below.
The single 'Light It Up' will be released a week prior to 'Fire Like This' on February 22nd.

Dates are:

MARCH 2010
02 - Birmingham, 02 Academy 3
03 - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
04 - Bristol, Thekla
05 - Brighton, Komedia
06 - Leeds, Cockpit
08 - Edinburgh, Electric Circus
09 - Dundee, Doghouse
10 - Glasgow, King Tuts
11 - Newcastle, 02 Academy 2
12 - Manchester, Academy 3
13 - London, Garage

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