Live Review
Shame's set is a tour de force of how to seize a festival in half an hour at Latitude 2017
Words:Jamie Muir
Photos:Poppy Marriott
Have you seen the spirit of live music? Yeah, we know, it's hard to define - how do you describe something that's purely build on emotion and experience. The answer? Shame. A band who not so much play on a stage but rather exude everything they have into a set of immeasurable importance. Latitude is the latest to witness it in all its class. Visceral and foaming at the mouth, Shame's set is a tour de force of how to seize a festival in just over half an hour. Charlie Steen has easily carved himself out as a figure for a generation, prowling on stage with the presence that simply can't be pushed away. They hit with a hammer blow, tracks like 'Tasteless' and 'Gold Hole' full of guttural instincts and unstoppable force. Triggering seas of unbridled fever, Shame are a band brimming with punk twists - written across their faces as they burst through track after track of scorching visions. Shame are a band so engrossing that you can basically touch every spit and passionate growl. What's even more stunning? They keep getting better and better - blazing a trail for the important place they'll stand in for a wave of British bands. The future of live music is here, can you feel it? <em>Photos: Poppy Marriott / Dork</em>
