BLOOD RED SHOES
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It's about the glamour and it's about the gore," says Laura-Mary Carter (vox, guitar, and dressing up), blinking her massive whirlpool eyes, while Steven Ansell (drums and passing out), his curling Cupid hair bouncing atop his head, looks on encouragingly. Yet while the fresh-faced pair may look angelic, they're far from sweetness and light. The Brighton-based grunge-pop duo are named after the legendary Hollywood tale that saw a put-upon Ginger Rogers reshooting a dance sequence so many times that her feet bled profusely and dyed her shoes a fetching shade of crimson - Blood Red Shoes aren't ones to shy away from a bit of gruesome activity.