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Shame Cutthroat

Shame detail their fourth studio album, Cutthroat

03 June 2025, 11:39 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Shame have announced their return with forthcoming new album, Cutthroat, alongside the release of its title track.

Still in their twenties and having proved themselves several times over via their live shows and three critically-acclaimed albums, the five childhood friends - Charlie Steen, guitarists Sean Coyle-Smith and Eddie Green, bassist Josh Finerty and drummer Charlie Forbes - went into Cutthroat ready to create a new Ground Zero.

“This is about who we are,” says Steen. “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 band have also announced a number of EU, UK and Ireland dates later this year, with shows in Paris, Cologne, Oslo, Berlin, Leeds, Manchester, Dublin, Cork, and more, including their biggest London headline show to date at Kentish Town Forum on 20 November.

Cutthroat follows the 2023 release, Food For Worms, and its 2021 predecessor, Drunk Tank Pink.

Tracklist:

  1. Cutthroat
  2. Cowards Around
  3. Quiet Life
  4. Nothing Better
  5. Plaster
  6. Spartak
  7. To and Fro
  8. Lampião
  9. After Party
  10. Screwdrive
  11. Packshot
  12. Axis of Evil

Cutthroat, will be released on 5 September via Dead Oceans, and is available to pre-order now.

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