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UK Post-Punks SHAME Announce New Album Cutthroat
Shame have announced their return with new album Cutthroat, out 5th September 2025 via Dead Oceans, and have shared the thrilling new video for the album's title track, directed by, featuring the band performing within a motorcycle wall of death. Cutthroat is Shame at their blistering best; an unapologetic new album made with Grammy winning producer John Congleton at the helm. 'It's about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites,' says vocalist Charlie Steen. 'Let's face it, there's a lot of them around right now.' Still in their twenties and having proved themselves several times over via legendary live shows and three critically-acclaimed albums, the five childhood friends - Charlie Steen, guitarists Sean Coyle-Smith and Eddie Green, bassist Josh Finerty and drummer Charlie Forbes - went into Cutthroat ready to create a new Ground Zero. 'This is about who we are,' says Steen. 'Our live shows aren't performance art - they're direct, confrontational and raw. That's always been the root of us. We live in crazy times. But it's not about 'Poor me.' It's about 'Fuck you'.' Crucial to this incendiary new outlook was producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen). From their initial meeting, Congleton's no-bullshit approach became a guiding force to streamline the band's ideas. Stamped throughout with Shame's trademark sense of humour, the album takes on the big issues of today and gleefully toys with them. With Trump in the Whitehouse and Shame holed up in Salvation Studios in Brighton, they cast a merciless eye on themes of conflict and corruption; hunger and desire; lust, envy and the omnipresent shadow of cowardice. Musically, too, the record plays with visceral new ideas. Making electronic music on tour for fun, Coyle-Smith had previously seen the loops he was crafting as a separate entity to the things he wrote for Shame. Then, he realised, maybe they didn't have to be. 'This time, anything could go if it sounded good and you got it right,' he says. Cutthroat's first single and title track takes this idea and runs with it into, quite possibly, the best song Shame have ever laid to tape. It's a ball of barely-contained attitude packed into three minutes of indie dancefloor hedonism. It also masterfully introduces the lyrical outlook of the record: one where cocksure arrogance and deep insecurity are two sides of the same coin. 'I was reading a lot of Oscar Wilde plays where everything was about paradox,' Steen explains. 'In 'Cutthroat', it's that whole idea from Lady Windermere's Fan, 'Life's far too important to be taken seriously'.' This cheeky self-awareness, too, is important. As much as Shame want to burst the bubbles of bluster and ego, encouraging us to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, 'He who casts the first stone…', they also understand that, at its heart, life is often ridiculous. The result is an album that revels in the idiosyncrasies of life, raising an eyebrow and asking the ugly questions that so often get tactfully brushed over. But the one answer that Cutthroat gives with a resounding flourish is that, right now, Shame have never sounded better.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
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- Yahoo
shame Announce New Album Cutthroat, Release Title Track: Stream
The post shame Announce New Album Cutthroat, Release Title Track: Stream appeared first on Consequence. The UK post-punk band shame are back, and have announced their fourth studio album, Cutthroat. Listen to the lead single and opening track, 'Cutthroat,' below. Due on September 5th via Dead Oceans, Cutthroat is the follow up to shame's 2023 album Food for Worms, and spans 12 new songs produced by John Congleton. Speaking about the album in a statement, frontman Charlie Steen, said, 'It's about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites. Let's face it, there's a lot of them around right now.' Get shame Tickets Here The band expanded on that attitude in a longer joint statement, hinting at a restless drive beneath the record's surface. 'It's driven by hunger,' they said. 'Hunger for something better. For something you've been told you don't deserve. It's primal. It's raw. It's unapologetic. It's the person who turns up to the party uninvited. 'Cause when you've been pushed down, there's nowhere to go but up. When you ain't got nothing, you ain't got nothing to lose.' To that end, Steen likened the album to the band's live performances. 'This is about who we are,' he said. 'Our live shows aren't performance art — they're direct, confrontational and raw. That's always been the root of us. We live in crazy times. But it's not about 'Poor me.' It's about 'Fuck you.'' The lead single, 'Cutthroat,' is built around a driving arrangement with a psychedelic tint, and introduces the album's conflation of arrogance and insecurity. In a statement, Steen said, 'I was reading a lot of Oscar Wilde plays where everything was about paradox. In 'Cutthroat,' it's that whole idea from Lady Windermere's Fan, 'Life's far too important to be taken seriously.'' 'Cutthroat' arrives with a music video directed by Ja Humby. Watch it below. Along with the announcement of Cutthroat, shame also unveiled a run of UK and European tour dates, beginning in September and wrapping in November. According to a press release, 'US dates will soon follow, so stay tuned.' See the full list of their upcoming tour dates below, and grab tickets here. Artwork: Tracklist: 01. Cutthroat 02. Cowards Around 03. Quiet Life 04. Nothing Better 05. Plaster 06. Spartak 07. To and Fro 08. Lampião 09. After Party 10. Screwdriver 11. Packshot 12. Axis of Evil shame 2025 Tour Dates: 09/28 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale 09/29 – Antwerp, BE @ TRIX 09/30 – Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9 10/02 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg 10/03 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje 10/04 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust 10/06 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumphuset 10/07 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret AS 10/08 – Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan 10/10 – Helsinki, FI @ Korjaamo 10/11 – Tallinn, EE @ Paavli Kultuurivabrik 10/12 – Riga, LV @ Palladium 10/14 – Vilnius, LT @ Kultūra 10/15 – Warsaw, PL @ NIEBO 10/16 – Berlin, DE @ SO36 10/18 – Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory 10/19 – Bratislava Nova, SK @ Cvernovka 10/20 – Vienna, AT @ Chelsea 10/22 – Zagreb, HR @ Club Mochvara 10/23 – Belgrade, RS @ Zappa Baza 10/24 – Sofia, BG @ Mixtape 5 10/26 – Istanbul, TR @ Blind 10/28 – Bucharest, RO @ Control 10/29 – Cluj, RO @ Atelier 10/30 – Budapest, HU @ A38 10/31 – Munich, DE @ Strom 11/02 – Zurich, CH @ Plaza 11/03 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali 11/05 – Lyon, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne 11/06 – Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie 11/07 – Lille, FR @ L'Aeronef 11/09 – Southampton, UK @ 1865 11/10 – Leeds, UK @ Project House 11/12 – Dublin, IE @ National Stadium 11/13 – Cork, IE @ Cypress Avenue 11/15 – Manchester, UK @ New Century 11/16 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage 11/17 – Bristol, UK @ SWX 11/19 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk 11/20 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town Popular Posts King of the Hill Revival Gets Hulu Release Date, New Opening Sequence Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Are Now In-Laws Dave Mustaine: Metallica Stole "Enter Sandman" Riff from Another Band David Lynch's Personal Archive Going Up for Auction Man Wearing Nazi T-Shirt Gets a Beatdown from Fans at Punk Rock Bowling Fest Jonathan Joss, Voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, Shot and Killed by Neighbor Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
Extra.ie
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Shame announce new album Cutthroat and Irish dates
Shame have announced the release of their upcoming album Cutthroat, out September 5 via Dead Oceans. They also announced new tour dates, including shows in Dublin's National Stadium on November 12 and Cork's Cyprus Avenue on November 13. Cutthroat was created in collaboration with Grammy winning producer John Congleton. 'It's about the cowards, the c**ts, the hypocrites,' says vocalist Charlie Steen. 'Let's face it, there's a lot of them around right now.' To accompany the announcement, Shame released the new video for the album's title track, directed by Ja Humby. Commenting on the album, Steen continued: 'This is about who we are. Our live shows aren't performance art – they're direct, confrontational and raw. That's always been the root of us. We live in crazy times. But it's not about 'Poor me.' It's about 'F*ck you'.' On top of their newly announced Irish headline gig, Shame are set to play the opening slot for Wunderhorse's August 19 and 20 dates in Collins Barracks, Dublin. Tickets for Shame's Dublin and Cork dates go on sale this Friday, June 6, here. You can pre-order Cutthroat here. 1. 'Cutthroat'2. 'Cowards Around'3. 'Quiet Life'4. 'Nothing Better'5. 'Plaster'6. 'Spartak'7. 'To and Fro'8. 'Lampião'9. 'After Party'10. 'Screwdriver'11. 'Packshot' 12. 'Axis of Evil'
