It's Getting Boring by the Sea

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"It's Getting Boring by the Sea"
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Single by Blood Red Shoes
Released4 June 2007
Genre Punk rock, alternative rock
Length2:56
Label V2 Records
Songwriter(s) Laura-Mary Carter, Steven Ansell
Blood Red Shoes singles chronology
" You Bring Me Down "
(2006)
"It's Getting Boring by the Sea"
(2007)
"I Wish I Was Someone Better"
(2007)

"It's Getting Boring by the Sea" is a single by the English band Blood Red Shoes released on 4 June 2007. [1] The B-side's title was eventually used as the title for the band's debut album, released in 2008. The single was favourably received, getting an 8/10 rating from Drowned in Sound. [1] "It's Getting Boring by the Sea" was described by Gigwise.com as "a homage to the band's love-hate relationship with Brighton". [2] The NME described the lead track: "The small-town rage of ‘It’s Getting Boring By The Sea’ hurtles along like a renegade V2-rocket on an unstoppable arc that ends at Brighton Pier". [3] The song was also featured in the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie soundtrack and Series 3 of the UK TV show Misfits, as well as the 2016 French-Belgian film Raw .

Contents

Track listing

7"

  1. "It's Getting Boring by the Sea"
  2. "Box of Secrets"

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References

  1. 1 2 Steinberg, Lianne (2007) "Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring by the Sea Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine ", Drowned in Sound, 4 June 2007, retrieved 2010-03-29
  2. Took, Michael (2007) "Thursday 01/02/07 Blood Red Shoes @ The Barfly, Cardiff", Gigwise.com, 2 February 2007, retrieved 2010-03-29
  3. "Blood Red Shoes Box of Secrets Review", NME, 3 April 2008, retrieved 2010-03-29