Shame: reviews, albums and post‑punk jabs

Shame

Musical Group

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The Profile

Shame are a British post‑punk band from South London, formed in 2014 and fronted by vocalist Charlie Steen. Their albums include Songs of Praise (2018), Drunk Tank Pink (2021), and Food For Worms (2023).

Signed to Dead Oceans. Core lineup: Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle‑Smith, Eddie Green, Josh Finerty, Charlie Forbes.

Shame, a British post-punk band from South London, earns praise for the raw debut Songs of Praise, more divided reactions on the cerebral Drunk Tank Pink, and renewed enthusiasm for the darker, matured Food For Worms. Reviewers note sharp energy, tense dynamics, and nods to influences from Talking Heads to Interpol. Overall: spirited, jagged, and increasingly introspective.

Notable Quotes

❝ Dubbed "Songs Of Praise," this debut full-length fully convinces and justifies the high expectations placed on the London quintet.

❝ The Londoners Shame, two years after the celebratory and celebrated Songs Of Praise, adhere to the paradigm in such a perfect, lucid, and cold way in swallowing and regurgitating the same vomit spasm, that they leave no room for any criteria other than quantitative.