Words: Ellie Ward
Stamping their frenetic energy on new single ‘Concrete’, South London's Shame propel all their thrashing propulsive intensity into its three and a half minute bombast.
The band's caustic vocalled Charlie Steen describes the song as "about someone who’s trapped in a relationship and they’re being pummelled into surrender. It’s not about a physically abusive relationship – more an emotionally and psychologically draining one. The call-and-response vocals are the central figure’s own internal dialogue. They are dealing with two different things that they don’t want to address.”
Shame are set for a hectic few months ahead, including North American dates in November and a European tour with Gurr.
SEPTEMBER
30 Margate By The Sea Festival
OCTOBER
09 Bristol The Louisiana
10 Leeds Lending Room
11 Manchester Soup Kitchen
12 Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s
13 Liverpool Buyers Club
14 Dublin Workman’s Club
18 London Scala
21 Cardiff Swn Festival
24 Copenhagen Loppen
25 Groningen Vera
27 Amsterdam London Calling Festival
NOVEMBER
02 Reykjavik Iceland Airwaves Festival
10 Brooklyn, NY Baby’s All Right
12 Philadelphia, PA MOCA
13 Washington, DC DC9
15 New York, NY Home Sweet Home
16 Allston, MA The Great Scott
17 Montreal M for Montreal
18 Toronto Hard Luck
19 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
20 Arden, DE Arden Gild Hall +
DECEMBER
01 Paris Point Ephemere
03 Frankfurt Zoom *
04 Heidelburg Halle O2 *
06 Köln Gebäude 9 *
07 Munster Gleis 22 *
08 Essen Hotel Shanghai *
09 Dresden Groove Station *
11 Hannover Bei Chez Heinz *
12 Bremen Lagerhaus *
13 Hamburg Knust *
14 Braunschweig Eule *
15 Rostock Helgas Stadtpalast *
16 Berlin Festaal Kreuzberg *
+ with Ought
* with Gurr
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