shame are teasing their album ‘Cutthroat’, set for release on 5th September via Dead Oceans, with new single ‘Quiet Life’.
The track follows the album’s title track and sees the London-based band exploring rockabilly influences reminiscent of The Gun Club and The Cramps. “‘Quiet Life’ is about someone in a shitty relationship,” vocalist Charlie Steen explains. “It’s about the judgment they receive and the struggle that they have to go through, trying to understand the conflict they face, of wanting a better life… but being stuck.”
The new album, produced by Grammy winner John Congleton, marks a creative evolution for the five-piece. “It’s about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites,” says Steen. “Let’s face it, there’s a lot of them around right now.”
Guitarist Sean Coyle-Smith incorporated electronic elements into the band’s sound, bringing together his previous separate creative endeavours. “This time, anything could go if it sounded good and you got it right,” he notes.
The band, comprising Steen, Coyle-Smith, Eddie Green, Josh Finerty, and Charlie Forbes, recorded the album at Salvation Studios in Brighton, exploring themes of conflict, corruption, desire, and cowardice.
The dates in full read:
SEPTEMBER
28 La Cigale, Paris, FR
29 TRIX, Antwerp, BE
30 Gebäude 9, Cologne, DE
OCTOBER
2 Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
3 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL
4 Molotow, Hamburg, DE
6 Pumphuset, Copenhagen, DK
7 Parkteatret AS, Oslo, NO
8 Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, SE
10 Korjaamo, Helsinki, FI
11 Paavli Kultuurivabrik, Tallinn, EE
12 Palladium, Riga, LV
14 Kultūra, Vilnius, LT
15 NIEBO, Warsaw, PL
16 SO36, Berlin, DE
18 MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
19 CverNov. ka, Bratislava, SK
20 Chelsea, Vienna, AU
22 Club Mochvara, Zagreb, HR
23 Zappa Baza, Belgrade, RS
24 Mixtape 5, Sofia, BG
26 Blind, Istanbul, TK
28 Control, Bucharest, RO
29 Atelier, Cluj, RO
30 A38, Budapest, HU
31 Strom, Munich, DE
NOVEMBER
2 Plaza, Zurich, CH
3 Magazzini Generali, Milan, IT
5 L’Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, FR
6 La Cartonnerie, Reims, FR
7 L’Aeronef, Lille, FR
9 1865, Southampton, UK
10 Project House, Leeds, UK
12 National Stadium, Dublin, IE
13 Cypress Avenue, Cork, IE
15 New Century, Manchester, UK
16 The Garage, Glasgow, UK
17 SWX, Bristol, UK
19 Chalk, Brighton, UK
20 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
JANUARY
15 Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
16 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
17 Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
19 Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
20 The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH
21 Club Soda, Montreal, QC
23 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
24 The Loving Touch, Ferndale, MI
25 Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
27 Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
29 Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK
30 Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, TX
31 Mohawk, Austin, TX
FEBRUARY
3 La Rosa, Tucson, AZ
5 Casbah, San Diego, CA
6 Constellation Room, Santa Ana, CA
7 Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
12 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
13 Neumos, Seattle, WA
14 The Pearl, Vancouver, BC
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