Laura-Mary Carter, best known as one half of the UK alternative duo Blood Red Shoes, has returned with her awesome new single and video for ‘Four Letter Words‘. The track comes ahead of her debut solo album “Bye Bye Jackie”, out September 26th, and an extensive run of headline shows as well as support for Natalie Bergman across the UK and Europe this winter.
Shot in a farm shop in West Wales, “Four Letter Words” video shows Laura-Mary waiting for someone who never shows and turning the empty shop into her own private stage.
‘Four Letter Words’ sashays and sways but has a sting in the tale; Carter’s withering delivery laced with sweetness and skewering dry wit, threading this strutting, hooky song, it skilfully captures the contradictions at the heart of love, its beauty, absurdity, and volatility.
“‘Don’t be late’ sets the stage, though in truth I am rarely on time myself,” Carter explains. “What follows is a sharp-eyed tale of affection’s push and pull, where the four-letter word could be anything, you decide what it is, with a knowing eye-roll at the chaos of caring for someone who drives you round the bend. It’s irony wrapped in melody, humour folded into heartbreak, all carried by a beat that refuses to stand still.”
The single follows on from ‘June Gloom‘, Carter’s atmospheric first offering from “Bye Bye Jackie”, which featured a stormy guitar contribution from Lee Kiernan (IDLES) and earned praise for its raw honesty and emotional immediacy. Together, the two tracks set the tone for an album that balances heartbreak with humour, intimacy with intensity.
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