Box of Secrets
Studio album by Blood Red Shoes
Released April 14, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length 41:38
Label Mercury Records
Producer Mike Crossey + Blood Red Shoes
Blood Red Shoes chronology
I'll Be Your Eyes
(2007)		 Box of Secrets
(2008)		 Fire Like This
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Artrocker 5/5 stars Link
Gigwise 4/5 stars Link
The Guardian 2/5 stars Link
Drowned In Sound (7/10) Link
NME (7/10) Link
Q 4/5 stars (April '08)

Box of Secrets is the debut album by Brighton-based rock band Blood Red Shoes, which was released on April 14, 2008, on the Mercury Records label. The album was leaked to the internet during November 2007.

Several of the tracks were previously released as limited edition singles by the band, including "I Wish I Was Someone Better", "ADHD", "It's Getting Boring By the Sea" and "You Bring Me Down". The latter single was re-recorded and re-issued prior to the album's release. "Try Harder" was a B-side on the original single release of "You Bring Me Down". All of the band's singles appear as re-recorded versions on Box of Secrets, with the exception of "I Wish I Was Someone Better". The single "Say Something, Say Anything" was released on April 7, 2008, to coincide with the album release.

Interestingly, the title track does not appear on the album. "Box of Secrets" was a B-side on the "It's Getting Boring by the Sea" single and is also featured on the compilation album I'll Be Your Eyes. The title is derived from a phrase between the two members to describe things that they can tell each other, but not anyone else.[1]

The closing track, "Hope You're Holding Up", is the only Blood Red Shoes song to feature someone other than the band themselves playing an instrument, with Harriet from Los Campesinos! playing the violin.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Blood Red Shoes. 

No. Title Length
1. "Doesn't Matter Much"   3:25
2. "You Bring Me Down"   3:42
3. "Try Harder"   3:50
4. "Say Something, Say Anything"   3:12
5. "I Wish I Was Someone Better"   3:48
6. "Take the Weight"   4:38
7. "A.D.H.D"   3:17
8. "This Is Not for You"   4:32
9. "It's Getting Boring by the Sea"   2:56
10. "Forgive Nothing"   3:10
11. "Hope You're Holding Up"   5:12

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "This is Our Blood Red Shoes site". Blood Red Shoes. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080411080718/http://www.bloodredshoes.co.uk/about.php. Retrieved 2008-07-10. 
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