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SHAME
share new single
‘NIGEL HITTER’
ahead of their highly anticipated
new album
DRUNK TANK PINK
OUT JANUARY 15 ON DEAD OCEANS VIA INERTIA MUSIC
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Photo credit: Sam Gregg
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Praise for SHAME’s debut album, SONGS OF PRAISE
“On their debut album, the UK rock group separates themselves from their peers, imbuing their post-adolescent rage with wit and, crucially, a self-effacing awareness that they may never succeed.” – Pitchfork, 7.5
“Loveably sarky and sordid work from the fantastic south London band.” – NME, 5 stars
“From start to finish, Songs of Praise is tightly wound, ready to explode, and packed with lyrics dripping in a heady cocktail of venom and sarcasm.” – Line of Best Fit, 9/10
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shame share ‘Nigel Hitter’, the latest track to be taken from their long-anticipated new album Drunk Tank Pink – out January 15, 2021 via Dead Oceans. The track is premiered today on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record in the World’ and follows previously released singles ‘Alphabet’, ‘Water in the Well’ and ‘Snow Day’.
Alongside, the band have shared a Maxim Kelly directed video which repurposes archival footage from old research centres on the development of children. Using deepfake technology, the babies start to lip-sync along with the song, while the band cameo as chin-stroking scientists.
Grinding into gear via a heavy, driving bassline, the track opens up to a mesh of guitars which motor the song through its stirring hooks and explosive vocal delivery. There’s a similar, gripping unpredictability running throughout Drunk Tank Pink; a bold and ambitious new record which marks a sonic leap forward for the band.
‘Nigel Hitter’ started life as the band readjusted to a new normal back home, having spent much of their adult life on tour, something with frontman Charlie Steen spills out lyrically (‘I’m burning at both ends naturally…’) throughout Drunk Tank Pink. On ‘Nigel Hitter’, he explains: “Nigel Hitter is one of the vital organs of Drunk Tank Pink. A necessary pulse. Focused on daily routine, repetition, and how extraordinary any ordinary task seemed to me after coming home from touring. A world of percussion and joy lies within.”
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Drunk Tank Pink by shame
out January 15 on Dead Oceans via Inertia Music
Pre-order/ Pre-save: HERE
shame
Drunk Tank Pink
1. Alphabet
2. Nigel Hitter
3. Born in Luton
4. March Day
5. Water in the Well
6. Snow Day
7. Human, for a Minute
8. Great Dog
9. 6/1
10. Harsh Degrees
11. Station Wagon
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