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South London’s Shame return with news of fourth album ‘Cutthroat’
The band have also shared the record’s blistering title track.
South London’s Shame have returned with news of a blistering new album, ‘Cutthroat’, and have shared its fierce title track to boot.
Set to follow on from their 2023 release ‘Food For Worms’ - and its predecessors, their 2018 debut ‘Songs Of Praise’ and 2021’s ‘Drunk Tank Pink’ - the quintet will release their fourth full-length on 5th September 2025 via Dead Oceans. Produced by the Grammy-winning John Congleton, the fiery new album promises to be a pure distillation of who Shame are as a band. “This is about who we are,” the band’s Charlie Steen has said. “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’.”
“It’s about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites,” he goes further. “Let’s face it, there’s a lot of them around right now.”
To accompany the new of the record, the band have also shared its lead single of the same name; a stomping, groove-flecked track that heralds self-defiance with a cheeky wink. “I was reading a lot of Oscar Wilde plays where everything was about paradox,” Steen explains. “In ‘Cutthroat’, it’s that whole idea from Lady Windermere’s Fan, ‘Life’s far too important to be taken seriously’.” Watch the surreal video for ‘Cutthroat’ - which comes directed by Ja Humby and sees the band decked out in some intriguing paraphernalia - below.
As well as announcing details of ‘Cutthroat’, the band have also announced a slew of live shows, including what’s sure to be a sweaty night at Brixton Jamm tomorrow night (Wednesday 4th June). Their massive headline tour will kick off in Paris in late September, before concluding with a huge London show at the end of the year. Check out the album’s tracklisting and the band’s upcoming live schedule below.
‘Cutthroat’ tracklisting:
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. Screwdriver
11. Packshot
12. Axis of Evil
JUNE 2025
04 London, UK @ Brixton Jamm [sold out]
SEPTEMBER 2025
28 Paris, FR @ La Cigale
29 Antwerp, BE @ TRIX
30 Cologne, DE Gebäude 9
OCTOBER 2025
02 Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
03 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
04 Hamburg, DE @ Knust
06 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumphuset
07 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret AS
08 Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
10 Helsinki, FI @ Korjaamo
11 Tallinn, EE @ Paavli Kultuurivabrik
12 Riga, LV @ Palladium
14 Vilnius, LT @ Kablys
15 Warsaw, PL @ NIEBO
16 Berlin, DE @ SO36
18 Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory
19 Bratislava Nova, SK @ Cvernovka
20 Vienna, AU @ Chelsea
22 Zagreb, HR @ Club Mochvara
23 Belgrade, RS @ Zappa Baza
24 Sofia, BG @ Mixtape 5
26 Istanbul, TK @ Blind
28 Bucharest, RO Control
29 Cluj, RO @ Atelier
30 Budapest, HU A38
31 Munich, DE @ Strom
NOVEMBER 2025
02 Zurich, CH @ Plaza
03 Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali
05 Lyon, FR @ L’Epicerie Moderne
06 Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie
07 Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
09 Southampton, UK @ 1865
10 Leeds, UK @ Project House
12 Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
13 Cork, IE @ Cyprus Avenue
15 Manchester, UK @ New Century
16 Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
17 Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol
19 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
20 London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
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