BLOOD RED SHOES: Who (and where) are ya?

At the CroBar CroBar, CroBar...

Blood Red Shoes are back and looking shit-hot, readily giving away freebie single 'Colours Fade' (available from bloodredshoes.co.uk), and even putting on a intimate show last night at The Cro Bar. Sounds all rather too good to be true right?

Firstly, what a sausage-fest Cro Bar was, if it wasn't the odd penis in your back, then it was someones neat Jack Daniels dribbling down your shoulder at the tiny bloody tiny venue. But of course, it's a great sign for Blood Red Shoes to easily fill a venue after their much deserved break, and what a way to return. Their new songs still are too fresh to really get a much-loved feel for them, but the memorable 'Light Up' and Placebo-esque, 'Colours Fade' were thick with dirty angered electric guitar from red-lipped lady Laura-Mary Carter and shuddering percussional whacks by the guiltless Steven Ansell, and just from those tracks I seriously can't wait to hear the record.

Nevertheless, it was an interesting show, from the loud bellows of "TURN UP THE VOCALS" to my own desperate shouts "Where are you? I can't see you?", and BRS kept the conversation going with cheeky requests for some whisky to the audience, and from a silent crowd response Laura aptly declared "Who Are You?" to the wishful thinker.And after many tri-hard jumping attempts, I did managed to glimpse Steven's blonde curls and Laura's newly dyed hair through the a pyramid of sweaty armpits, just to make sure I was in fact watching the right band.

So the tour junkies are back and what sounds like a much heavy record. So pull out the earplugs and get ready to destroy your remaining strips of ear-drum for Blood Red Shoes' thrashing t-shirt tearing return.