Blood Red Shoes, who released their 6th studio album, also titled GHOSTS ON TAPE (read my review HERE ) in January of this year, have shared a 15-minute film short of the same name sound-tracked by songs from the album.
The film premiered to a packed audience at the Everyman Cinema in London last month, and the short is now streaming now on Youtube. ( see below)
“With this album we really didn’t want to make conventional music videos”, explains drummer/vocalist Steven Ansell. “We wanted to make something artistic and creative which used our music and really added to the feel and atmosphere of the album, but wasn’t just a promotional advert for a song”.
Written and directed by filmmaker Craig Murray, the film is an unsettling, brooding, psychological horror story, featuring the band plus their future ghosts, and a blue-hooded death cult reminiscent of Eyes Wide Shut. Using four songs from the band’s latest album plus some Eraserhead-style drones and industrial noises, it builds a mysterious, dark and uncomfortable world.
“I wanted to make an unnerving, slow-moving horror film, but without gore or jump scares. You never actually see harm, it is just constantly implied”, says Director Murray. “I used the idea of future ghosts to reference how our future selves might look to judge our actions of now, actions which lead to their own demise”.
The band are also hitting the road starting in June for their first live shows since 2019:
Jun 8 – The Fleece, Bristol, UK
Jun 9 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
Jun 10 – Academy 3, Manchester, UK
Jun 11 – Think Tank, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Jun 12 – King Tuts, Glasgow, UK
Jun 14 – The Garage, London, UK
Jun 15 – Chalk, Brighton, UK
Jun 16 – The Rainbow, Birmingham, UK
Jul 9 – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, ES
Jul 21 – La Maroquinerie, Paris, FR
Jul 22 – Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, NL
Jul 23 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
Jul 25 – Luxor, Cologne, DE
Jul 26 – Fabrik, Hamburg, DE
Jul 27 – Hole44, Berlin, DE
Jul 28 – Strom, Munich, DE
Jul 29 – Y Not Festival 2022, Newhaven, UK
Jul 31 – Trebur Open Air 2022, Trebur, DE
Oct 6 – Starline Social Club, Oakland CA, USA
Oct 7 – Holocene, Portland OR, USA
Oct 8 – Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, CAN
Oct 9 – The Crocodile, Seattle WA, USA
Oct 11 – Kilby Court, Salt Lake City UT, USA
Oct 12 – Hi-Dive, Denver CO, USA
Oct 14 – Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis MN, USA
Oct 15 – Cobra Lounge, Chicago IL, USA
Oct 16 – The Garrison, Toronto ON, CAN
Oct 18 – Bar Le Ritz PDB, Montreal QC, CAN
Oct 20 – Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
Oct 21 – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA, USA
Oct 22 – Knitting Factory, Brooklyn NY, USA
Oct 23 – Songbyrd Music House, Washington DC, USA
Oct 25 – Purgatory at The Masquerade, Atlanta GA, USA
Oct 26 – The End, Nashville TN, USA
Oct 28 – Tulips, Dallas TX, USA
Oct 29 – Satellite Bar, Houston TX, USA
Oct 30 – Antone’s, Austin TX, USA
Nov 1 – Valley Bar, Phoenix AZ, USA
Nov 2 – Casbah, San Diego CA, USA
Nov 3 – Echoplex, Los Angeles CA, USA
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