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shame Announce New Album Cutthroat, Release Title Track: Stream
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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.'
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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
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