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Get Tragic is the fifth studio album by British band Blood Red Shoes. It was released in January 2019 under Jazz Life Records.

Get Tragic
Studio album by Blood Red Shoes
Released	January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
Length	37:36
Label	Jazz Life Records
Producer	Nick Launay[1]
Blood Red Shoes chronology
Blood Red Shoes (2014) Get Tragic (2019) Ghosts On Tape (2022)
Singles from Get Tragic
"Mexican Dress" Released: 18 September 2018[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[3]
Metacritic	82/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	9/10[5]
MusicOMH	[6]
The Independent	[7]

Background and composition

After the release of the band's fourth self-titled album, the members were considering a hiatus.[8] During this period, singer Laura-Mary Carter moved to the US and collaborated with Natalie Chahal and together with drummer Jorma Vik they founded a one-off band Shit Girlfriend.[9] They released one single, "Mummy's Boy / I Don't Want To Die", on 22 April 2017. During her stay in the US, Carter suffered a broken arm in a motorcycle accident. Because of the injury, her songwriting became more vocal-oriented and she started using keyboard instruments more often.[10] Drummer Steven Ansell commented on this period: "[I] went out and took drugs and went clubbing for about half a year. I don’t remember a lot about it. Classic break-up move, right?” When the duo reunited again and started composing a new album, they decided to call it Get Tragic because of these circumstances.[11]

Critical reception

Get Tragic received generally positive reviews from critics. Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating based on a range of reviews from several sources, aggregated the album's average review score to 82 out of 100, based on seven reviews.[12] MusicOMH's Sam Shepherd stated that the band "have never sounded so focused and alive" a praised its "assertive guitars and pounding drum patterns".[13] Drowned In Sound's Nicoletta Wylde concluded that "Get Tragic, quite candidly, is a virtually perfect record" because of its "catchy choruses, glam-rock guitars, electronic riffs that don’t leave your mind for days, mind-blowing lyrics",[14] Josh Gray of Clash, however, felt that the album "lacks the untethered aggression of past efforts".[15]

Track listing

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	117
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	60
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19]	57
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	58
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[21]	3

References

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