(Morning Star, Friday 01 February 2008)
ALBUM: Blood Red Shoes - You Bring Me Down
(V2/Mercury Records)
KICKING off like the bastard offspring of Maximo Park and the Futureheads, it's an immediate shame that Laura-Mary Carter's best Wendy James impression comes on so strong.
In fact, this is the very negative which takes You Bring Me Down from wondrous, jagged, indie-guitar smash to merely another drone scarcely equipped to bother iTunes.
There's nothing wrong with the melody and the musicianship is accomplished and, in isolation, Carter's voice is unchallenging.
It's just that, together, they bring nothing but irritation. As the repetitive refrain barked out by Carter goes, "Dunno why, but it brings me down."
Friday 1 February 2008
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