Lily Allen’s most excellent new album ‘No Shame’ is out now.
Her first full-length in four years, following up on 2014’s ‘Sheezus’, our four star review describes the record as “a scrapbook of the past few years. The bruises in high definition, Lily doesn’t hold back. Songs of addiction, betrayal, loneliness and tears find a home next to new resolve. Skipping between big, silver-lined ballads (‘Family Man’) glitching dance snarls (‘Trigger Bang’) and quiet heartbreak (‘Apples’), ‘No Shame’ cherry picks the best, brightest and boldest of Lily’s interests and brings them together. Wickedly smart, there are echoes of everything that has come before, but it’s less brash, less in your face. There’s a tentative peace. A hard-fought comfort in this moment.”
You can check out ‘No Shame’ below.
Lily is set to hit the road this December. Kicking off in Italy, she’ll play dates in Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands before arriving in Dublin on 11th December. She’ll then hit Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester before finishing up at London’s Roundhouse on 17th December.
She’ll also play two intimate shows this week to celebrate the release of ‘No Shame’, at Rough Trade West and East on 8th and 9th June.
The dates read:
December
2 Fabrique, Milan, Italy
4 Astra, Belin, Germany
5 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Belgium
6 Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
8 La Trianon, Paris, France
9 TivoliVredenburg Ronda Hall, Utrecht, Netherlands
11 Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
13 Barrowland, Glasgow, UK
14 O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK
16 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
17 Roundhouse, London, UK
Her first full-length in four years, following up on 2014’s ‘Sheezus’, our four star review describes the record as “a scrapbook of the past few years. The bruises in high definition, Lily doesn’t hold back. Songs of addiction, betrayal, loneliness and tears find a home next to new resolve. Skipping between big, silver-lined ballads (‘Family Man’) glitching dance snarls (‘Trigger Bang’) and quiet heartbreak (‘Apples’), ‘No Shame’ cherry picks the best, brightest and boldest of Lily’s interests and brings them together. Wickedly smart, there are echoes of everything that has come before, but it’s less brash, less in your face. There’s a tentative peace. A hard-fought comfort in this moment.”
You can check out ‘No Shame’ below.
Lily is set to hit the road this December. Kicking off in Italy, she’ll play dates in Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands before arriving in Dublin on 11th December. She’ll then hit Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester before finishing up at London’s Roundhouse on 17th December.
She’ll also play two intimate shows this week to celebrate the release of ‘No Shame’, at Rough Trade West and East on 8th and 9th June.
The dates read:
December
2 Fabrique, Milan, Italy
4 Astra, Belin, Germany
5 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Belgium
6 Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
8 La Trianon, Paris, France
9 TivoliVredenburg Ronda Hall, Utrecht, Netherlands
11 Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
13 Barrowland, Glasgow, UK
14 O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK
16 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
17 Roundhouse, London, UK
