shame are quickly becoming a favorite of ours. We simply can't resist good, heavy post punk, and shame deliver that in excess. The UK band's latest single, "Six-Pack," cranks up the noise and aggression, but also goes heavily psychedelic. This is a loud and extremely fuzzed out song with guitars that sound like they are having a tantrum. "Six-Pack" is a delicious burst of guitar noise punctuated with Charlie Steen's vocals that are just dripping with animosity. If this sounds like your type of thing, it's going to be impossible not to adore this song.
Charlie Steen says of the new song:
“‘Six-Pack’ is essentially the opposite of a Room 101; instead it’s a room where all your wildest desires can come true and will be showered upon you. Be it commodities, self-obsession, foods and B-lister celebrities, it’ll all be there if you want it to. You’ve done time behind bars and now you’re making time in-front of them. It’s time to make up for anything you’ve lost or wasted, it’s time to get it all.”
You can watch the video for "Six-Pack" below. Food for Worms is due out February 24 on Dead Oceans, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on shame, check out the band's Facebook and Twitter. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.
Tue. Feb. 28 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory Wed. Mar. 1 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory Fri. Mar. 3 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Sat. Mar. 4 - Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop Sun. Mar. 5 - Leeds, UK @ Stylus Tue. Mar. 7 - Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill Wed. Mar. 8 - Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory Thu. Mar. 9 - Bristol, UK @ SWX Sat. Mar. 11 - Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall Sun. Mar. 12 - Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed Tue. Mar. 14 - Nantes, FR @ Stereolux Wed. Mar. 15 - Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage Thu. Mar. 16 - Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey Sat. Mar. 18 - Lisbon, PT @ LAV Sun. Mar. 19 - Madrid, ES @ Nazca Mon. Mar. 20 - Barcelona, ES @ La 2 de Apolo Wed. Mar. 22 - Nimes, FR @ Paloma Thu. Mar. 23 - Milan, IT @ Magnolia Fri. Mar. 24 - Zurich, CH @ Plaza Sun. Mar. 26 - Munich, DE @ Technikum Mon. Mar. 27 - Berlin, DE @ Astra Tue. Mar. 28 - Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle Thu. Mar. 30 - Oslo, NO @ Vulkan Fri. Mar. 31 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Sat. Apr. 1 - Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA Tue. Apr. 4 - Cologne, DE @ Floria Wed. Apr. 5 - Brussels, BE @ AB Thu. Apr. 6 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Fri. Apr. 28 - London, UK @ Brixton Academy Sat. May 6 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival Sun. May 7 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East * Tue. May 9 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle * Wed. May 10 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall * Fri. May 12 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar * Sat. May 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * Sun. May 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw * Tue. May 16 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair * Thu. May 18 - Montréal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques Fri. May 19 - Ottawa, ON @ Club SAW Sat. May 20 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace Mon. May 22 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe * Wed. May 24 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall * Fri. May 26 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway * Sat. May 27 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck * Sun. May 28 - Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge * Tue. May 30 - Dallas,TX @ Granada Theater * Fri. Jun. 2 - Austin, TX @ The Scoot Inn * Sat. Jun. 3 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall * Sun. Jun. 4 - New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre * * w/ Been Stellar
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