Name: Ghosts On Tape
Brand: Blood Red Shoes

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JAZZLIFE50LP

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Colour

Blue

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Transparent Blue 

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5053760080732

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

JAZZLIFE50CD

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2022-01-14

5053760080756

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Blood Red Shoes

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Jazz Life

Blood Red Shoes is a British indie rock duo that was founded in 2004 in Brighton. With their unique sound and energetic performances, they have gained a dedicated following over the years. Their music blends elements of punk, garage rock, and alternative rock to create a powerful and raw sound. Known for their catchy hooks and honest lyrics, Blood Red Shoes continues to captivate audiences with their authentic approach to music.
Since their formation, Blood Red Shoes has released several critically acclaimed albums and toured extensively around the world. Their live shows are known for their high energy and passionate performances, leaving fans wanting more. With each album release, they continue to push boundaries and evolve their sound while staying true to their indie roots.
Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the band's music, Blood Red Shoes offers an exciting listening experience that will leave you craving more. Check out their latest releases on our e-commerce website and discover why they are one of the most influential indie rock duos of our time.

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Jazz Life is a label founded in 2014 by the British rock duo Blood Red Shoes. With a passion for jazz music, they established this label to showcase and promote talented jazz artists from around the world.
Since its inception, Jazz Life has been dedicated to releasing high-quality jazz albums that span various sub-genres, including traditional jazz, bebop, fusion, and contemporary jazz. The label's roster features an impressive lineup of *artists* who are known for their exceptional musical skills and innovative compositions.
With a commitment to preserving the rich heritage of jazz while also pushing boundaries and exploring new sounds, Jazz Life has become a trusted name in the industry. Their releases have garnered critical acclaim and have resonated with both long-time jazz enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Back In Stock

After years spent living on opposite sides of the Atlantic world events threw Laura Mary Carter and Steven Ansell of Blood Red Shoes back together into what has become the must fruitful era of their 17 years together. 

“It’s been a loooong time since we both lived in the same city”, explains Steven. “I mean we actually wrote this album in LA at Laura’s place, then came to the UK to record it…and then everything went nuts”. 

Realising very quickly that they wouldn’t be able to release the album or tour until the world returned to some kind of normality, the band found their energies quickly spilled over into other projects. Laura-Mary started a podcast, Never Meet Your Idols, with her best friend in LA, interviewing everyone from Zack Snyder to Mark Lanegan to Chvrches. It is now about to start its third season. Steven started applying his love of electronic music by writing and producing other alternative artists like Circe, ARXX, Aiko and XCerts, racking up millions of streams in the process. 

Having worked together on Laura–Mary’s forthcoming solo mini album Town Called Nothing and restless from the lack of touring, the duo started jamming out in rehearsal rooms, which led to the light-speed writing, recording and release of the impossibly-titled Ø EP in the summer of 2021. Which concludes what the band call an “off year”.

And that brings us back to Ghosts on Tape. It appears that like David Lynch’s The Lost Highway, nothing is linear in the world of Blood Red Shoes. Written and recorded before their most recent EP, Ghosts on Tape is a huge jump into new terrain for the band. Musically and emotionally their most mature work, it is a complex, imaginative, and very gothic development on their sound. Musically, it leaves almost no trace of their former selves.

“We’ve always been outsiders right from the very beginning” says Steven. “This album is really about us asserting ourselves as our own little island”, he adds. “We have made an entire career out of being told what we are “not”, of being rejected, of not fitting in, and this album is us deliberately pushing into all of our strangeness, emphasising all of the things that make us different”. Obsessed by true crime and murder podcasts, many songs on the record are told in character and explore the dark psyche of those at the pinnacle of outsiderdom: serial killers. Ghosts on Tape paints a picture of a dark and unsettling world. It is the sound of a unified and confident duo who know exactly who they are, even if the wider world doesn’t really get it. The sound of two people who have spent their entire adult lives making music together and who, more than ever, are finding new pathways for their creativity.

“Ultimately this album is an invitation”, explains Steven. “It’s us saying, this is our world, these are our darkest thoughts and feelings - our ghosts - caught on tape. You are welcome to join us. Come and embrace the strange”. 

Ghosts On Tape

Music GB

Discover Ghosts On Tape by Blood Red Shoes. Limited edition CD and LP formats available, including signed copies. Embrace the strange with their mature and gothic sound. Label: Jazz Life.