shame have announced their new album Cutthroat, will arrive on September 5th via Dead Oceans. Ahead of the LP’s release, the UK band have shared a new video for the title track. The video, directed by Ja Humby and produced by Rhory Danniells, features some death-defying stunts from shame lead singer Charlie Steen. Along with the news, The band have also announced a massive EU/UK tour, after an intimate, sold-out performance at Brixton Jamm tomorrow night, June 4th, where they will perform the new album in full.

Cutthroat was produced John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, Pup). “It’s about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites,” says vocalist Charlie Steen. “Let’s face it, there’s a lot of them around right now.”

The band, including 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’.”

Cutthroat’s first single and title track takes this idea and runs with it into, quite possibly, the best song shame have ever laid to tape. It’s a ball of barely-contained attitude packed into three minutes of indie dancefloor hedonism. It also masterfully introduces the lyrical outlook of the record: one where cocksure arrogance and deep insecurity are two sides of the same coin.

“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’.”

From Shame:

“Cutthroat is a joyride,

It’s for the inexperienced driver. The one who wants to go fast for no reason other than it’s fun.
It’s driven by hunger. Hunger for something better. For something you’ve been told you don’t deserve.
It’s primal. It’s raw. It’s unapologetic. It’s the person who turns up to the party uninvited.
Cause when you’ve been pushed down, there’s nowhere to go but up. When you ain’t got nothing, you ain’t got nothing to lose.” – shame

Shame
Cutthroat
Tracklisting
Dead Oceans

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

Shame 2025 Tour Dates

Sun. Sep 28 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
Mon. Sep 29 – Antwerp, BE @ TRIX
Tue. Sep 30 – Cologne, DE Gebäude 9
Thu. Oct 2 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Fri. Oct 3 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
Sat. Oct 4 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust
Mon. Oct 6 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumphuset
Tue. Oct 7- Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret AS
Wed. Oct 8 – Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
Fri. Oct 10 – Helsinki, FI @ Korjaamo
Sat. Oct 11 – Tallinn, EE @ Paavli Kultuurivabrik
Sun. Oct 12 – Riga, LV @ Palladium
Tue. Oct 14 – Vilnius, LT @ Kultūra
Wed. Oct 15 – Warsaw, PL @ NIEBO
Thu. Oct 16 – Berlin, DE @ SO36
Sat. Oct 18 – Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory
Sun. Oct 19 – Bratislava Nova, SK @ Cvernovka
Mon. Oct 20 – Vienna, AU @ Chelsea
Wed. Oct 22 – Zagreb, HR @ Club Mochvara
Thu. Oct 23 – Belgrade, RS @ Zappa Baza
Fri. Oct 24 – Sofia, BG @ Mixtape 5
Sun. Oct 26 – Istanbul, TK @ Blind
Tue. Oct 28 – Bucharest, RO Control
Wed. Oct 29 – Cluj, RO @ Atelier
Thu. Oct 30 – Budapest, HU A38
Fri. Oct 31 – Munich, DE @ Strom
Sun. Nov 2 – Zurich, CH @ Plaza
Mon. Nov 3 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali
Wed. Nov 5 – Lyon, FR @ L’Epicerie Moderne
Thu. Nov 6 – Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie
Fri. Nov 7 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
Sun. Nov 9 – Southampton, UK @ 1865
Mon. Nov 10 – Leeds, UK @ Project House
Wed. Nov 12 – Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
Thu. Nov 13 – Cork, IE @ Cypress Avenue
Sat. Nov 15 – Manchester, UK @ New Century
Sun. Nov 16 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
Mon. Nov 17 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Wed. Nov 19 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
Thu. Nov 20 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

Pre-order Cutthroat by Shame HERE