Ben Noot talks to Steven Ansell of Blood Red Shoes, about internet downloading, the future of music and those damn phone adverts!

Do you think it’s easier to just be the two of you in the band?

Its different, certain things are easier, certain things a lot fucking harder. We found it easier to write music, its very quick. Its easier to make decisions and figure out what things you do and don’t want to do.

You’ve played over 200 shows now, Do you still feel how you did after the first gig?

I feel like I can play drums and sing better! And Laura is just like another person; at heart she’s a really shy person. Quite quiet, so being in a band is kind of an odd thing for her,. She’s like another person now though she gets out and crowd surfs and rocks out with the audience.

You say that you say some dumb stuff, are you ever worried that as the band gets bigger what you say will be twisted by the media?

I’ll tell you what really scares me, that someone will listen to anything that we say and think that we know what we’re talking about because our opinion upon anything is no more valid than anyone else’s.

However, I will never ever put my music on an advert. I don’t care I don’t give a shit music is the most important thing in my life.

From the age of 8 I’ve just wanted to make music and be in a band for me that’s priceless you make music because you feel something, not to sell a fucking mobile phone.

How do you feel about downloading?

I get this a lot, I don’t care. I care about certain elements in regards to the album.

In principal I don’t have a problem with it I couldn’t give a shit if people pay for our music or not. I don’t begrudge people downloading for free, I do it.

The only thing with the album is that I know people have it in the wrong order and everyone’s got one without the artwork and lyrics.

And Laura does every bit of artwork, and that’s part of what we present as a record. If it came with that and in order I’d be less pissed off.

Would you do a Radiohead?

Im excited about the future, I look forward to the time when you don’t need a record company, when a band can record when they have a good week write four songs, then make some artwork and get it out there.

Our album is coming out seven months after we made it, you write the songs before so those songs are a year and a half old. We’re already writing our next album and the first one hasn't even come out yet.