Blood Red Shoes - This Is Not For You

Captures the rough edges of their on-stage dynamic

Single Review by Jamie Borthwick | 07 Jul 2008
Single title: This Is Not For You
Artist: Blood Red Shoes
Label: V2/Mercury
Release date: 7 Jul

This new single from the excellent debut album Box of Secrets offers all the punchy, pop-punk goodness that has led to some considerable interest in the Brighton two-piece this year. The central chord pattern fluctuates in timbre to give a sound that can be rocky one minute and sparse the next, forming a simple but engaging premise. A final build-up of pressure with full channel release to close the track shows why Blood Red Shoes have built their formidable early-career repute on an adrenaline busting live show, and this has been produced to give the rough-edge feel of their on-stage dynamic. [Jamie Borthwick]

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