South London upstarts Shame have shared a brand new single.
Titled ‘Concrete’, frontman Charlie Steen explains the track 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.”
The band are set to head out on tour following an appearance at a Margate’s By The Sea festival at the end of the month. You can catch them at:
September
30 Margate, UK @ By The Sea Festival
October
9 Bristol, UK @ Louisiana
10 Leeds, UK @ Lending Room
11 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
12 Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s
13 Liverpool, UK @ Buyers Club
14 Dublin, IE @ Workamn’s Club
18 London, UK @ Scala
21 Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
24 Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
25 Groningen, NL @ Vera
27 Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling Festival
November
2 Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves Festival
10 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
12 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
13 Washington, DC @ DC9
15 New York, NY @ Home Sweet Home
16 Allston, MA @ The Great Scott
17 Montreal, QC @ M for Montreal
18 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
19 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
20 Arden, DE @ Arden Gild Hall +
December
1 Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
3 Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom *
4 Heidelburg, DE @ Halle O2 *
6 Köln, DE @ Gebäude 9 *
7 Munster, DE @ Gleis 22 *
8 Essen, DE @ Hotel Shanghai *
9 Dresden, DE @ Groove Station *
11 Hannover, DE @ Bei Chez Heinz *
12 Bremen, DE @ Lagerhaus *
13 Hamburg, DE @ Knust *
14 Braunschweig, DE @ Eule *
15 Rostock, DE @ Helgas Stadtpalast *
16 Berlin @ Festaal Kreuzberg *
February
2 Adelaide, AU @ Laneway Festival
3 Melbourne, AU @ Laneway Festival
4 Sydney, AU @ Laneway Festival
10 Brisbane, AU @ Laneway Festival
11 Perth, AU @ Laneway Festival
+ with Ought
* with Gurr
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