Finally some good news. Shame. easily one of the best new bands in the UK, have announced their debut album due out on Dead Oceans Records on January 12th 2018. Hale-fucking-lujah. The new year will be bringing good tidings and a heap of purified rock and roll in the form of Songs of Praise.
The announcement comes alongside not only a video for new track ‘One Rizla’ but also more tour dates than you can shake a stick at – however pointless that may be.
It’s hard to discount Shame as one of the bets bands to come out of London in recent years; their complete ambivalence to ‘the scene’ and their inability to do anything but make gritty and unflinching rock and roll sees them top the pile with a curl of the lip and a flare of the nostrils.
The video for ‘One Rizla’ is another reason to be excited for this bands arrival on to the LP platform. Charlie Steen said in a press statement “We wanted to turn the album artwork into the video for One Rizla, highlighting our vulnerability as individuals whilst paying homage to Withnail & I simultaneously.”
The track itself is the first song the band wrote together. “I think that’s reflected in the simplicity of it’, Steen states. A song about embracing insecurity as a strength, he continues, ‘it’s honest and raw, whilst attempting a stab at number one in the pop charts across the eastern hemisphere”.
So, quick recap:
New track? Check
New video for said track? Check
Debut album? Check
A tour bigger than a ‘your fat mum’ joke? Check
What a day!
The new video is below the tracklisting and well worth a watch.
Songs of Praise:
1. Dust On Trial
2. Concrete
3. One Rizla
4. The Lick
5. Tasteless
6. Donk
7. Gold Hole
8. Friction
9. Lampoon
10. Angie
New tour dates in bold:
Wed. Nov. 15 – New York, NY @ Home Sweet Home
Thu. Nov. 16 – Allston, MA @ The Great Scott
Fri. Nov. 17 – Montreal, QC @ M for Montreal
Sat. Nov. 18 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
Sun. Nov. 19 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
Mon. Nov. 20 – Arden, DE @ Arden Gild Hall
Fri. Dec. 1 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
Sun. Dec. 3 – Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
Mon. Dec. 4 – Heidelburg, DE @ Halle O2
Wed. Dec. 6 – Köln, DE @ Gebäude 9
Thu. Dec. 7 – Munster, DE @ Gleis 22
Fri. Dec. 8 – Essen, DE @ Hotel Shanghai
Sat. Dec. 9 – Dresden, DE @ Groove Station
Mon. Dec. 11 – Hannover, DE @ Bei Chez Heinz
Tue. Dec. 12 – Bremen, DE @ Lagerhaus
Wed. Dec. 13 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust
Thu. Dec. 14 – Braunschweig, DE @ Eule
Fri. Dec. 15 – Rostock, DE @ Helgas Stadtpalast
Sat. Dec. 16 – Berlin @ Festaal Kreuzberg
Fri. Feb. 2 – Adelaide, AU @ Laneway Festival
Sat. Feb. 3 – Melbourne, AU @ Laneway Festival
Sun. Feb. 4 – Sydney, AU @ Laneway Festival
Sat. Feb. 10 – Brisbane, AU @ Laneway Festival
Sun. Feb. 11 – Perth, AU @ Laneway Festival
Wed Apr 4 – UK, Cardiff. Clwb Ifor Bach
Thu Apr 5 – UK, Bristol. Thekla
Fri Apr 6 – UK, Liverpool, Magnet
Sat Apr 7 – UK, Ireland, Dublin, Whelans
Mon Apr 9 – UK, Sheffield, The Leadmill
Tue Apr 10 – UK, Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Wed Apr 11 – UK, Newcastle, Cluny
Thu Apr 12 – UK, Glasgow, Stereo
Fri Apr 13 – UK, Manchester, Gorilla
Sat Apr 14 – UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Mon Apr 16 – UK, Leicester, The Cookie
Tue Apr 17 -UK, Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
Wed Apr 18 -UK, London, Electric Ballroom
Thu Apr 19 – UK, Oxford, The Bullingdon
Fri Apr 20 – UK, Brighton, The Haunt
Sat Apr 21 – UK, Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
Wed Apr 25 – Netherlands, Nijmegan, Doornroosje
Thu Apr 26 – Netherlands, Amsterdam, Melkweg
Fri Apr 27- Netherlands, Rotterdam, Rotown
Mon Apr 30 -Norway, Oslo, John Dee
Wed May 2 – Sweden, Stockholm, Bar Brooklyn
Thu May 3 – Denmark, Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
Sun May 6 – Poland, Warsaw, Bardzo Bardzo
Mon May 7 – Czech Republic Prague, Futurum
Tue May 8 – Austria, Vienna, Chelsea
Fri May 11 – Switzerland, Zurich, Dynamo Werk
Sat May 12 – Italy, Bologna, Covo Club
Thu May 17 – France, Bordeaux, Rock School Barbery
Sun May 20 – France, Lille, Aeronef
Tue May 22 – Belgium Brussels, Rotonde