The Shoes | |
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Origin: | Reims, France |
Years Active: | 2011–present |
Label: | Green United Music Polydor Records |
Current Members: |
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The Shoes are a French electro-rock duo originally from Reims created in 2007. It consists of Guillaume Brière and Benjamin Lebeau, who are both songwriters and producers.Before creating the concurrent group in 2007, Benjamin and Guillaume were the two members of The Film, a rock band that formed in Bordeaux in 2005. Guillaume Brière also formed the duo G. Vump along with Brodinski from Reims.[1] Brière is also known under the alias Vladimir Cauchemar since 2017.[2] [3]
On March 7, 2011, the band released their first album Crack My Bones, on the independent French label Green United Music. The album includes ten original tracks, including nine in collaboration with French and international artists such as Esser, Wave Machines, Primary 1, Anthonin Ternant (from The Bewitched Hands) and Cock'n'Bull Kid.
At the same year, several of the songs on the album also resulted in the making of video clips: Cover Your Eyes (directed by We are from LA), Wastin' Time (directed by Yoann Lemoine) and Stay the Same (directed by Daniel Wolfe).The Shoes performed at La Cigale during a sold-out concert on 9 November 2011. They were then among the ten finalists of the Constantin Prize in 2011 and won the 'Innovation Award' at the UK Music Video Awards 2011 with the clip Cover Your Eyes.The album Crack My Bones was placed in ninth place of the ranking of the "100 best albums of the year 2011" by the magazine Les Inrockuptibles.[4]
They performed to Emilia Clarke on Le Grand Journal featuring their friend Peter "Dennis" Brown of the project Postaal. Postaal went on to have limited success of its own.
Scandal (2009, Green United Music)
Crack My Bones (2011, Green United Music)[5]
Chemicals (2015, Green United Music)
Knock Out (2008, 50 Bones)
Stade de Reims (2008, Green United Music)
Oh Lord (2009, 50 Bones)
People Movin' (2009, Green United Music)
Stay the Same (2010, Green United Music)
Time to Dance (2012, Green United Music)
Give It Away (2015)
1960's Horror ft. Dominic Lord (2016)
Synchros
Antville Music Video Awards|-| rowspan=2|2011| rowspan=2|"Stay the Same"| Best Cinematography| |-| rowspan=2|Best Narrative| |-| rowspan=3|2012| rowspan=3|"Time to Dance"| |-| Best Editing | |-| Video of the Year |
Camerimage!Ref.|-|2012|"Time to Dance"| Best Music Video| |[6]
UK Music Video Awards|-| rowspan=2|2011| "Cover Your Eyes"| The Innovation Award| |-| "Stay the Same"| Best Rock/Indie Video | |-| rowspan=5|2012| rowspan=5|"Time to Dance"| Best Editing| |-| Best Art Direction| |-| Best Telecine | |-| Best Editing | |-| Best Dance Video| |-| 2015| "Feed the Ghost"| Best Lyric Video| |-| rowspan=4|2016| "Submarine" (feat. Blaine Harrison) | rowspan=3|Best Alternative Video| |-| "Drifted"| |-| rowspan=2|"1960's Horror" (feat. Dominic Lord)| |-| Best Editing |