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SHAME: “Drunk Tank Pink” limited clear red 2LP
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SHAME: “Drunk Tank Pink” limited clear red 2LP
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Red Clear
This deluxe edition includes the full tracklist as early demos. These previously unreleased versions tell the story behind the James Ford produced album that cemented the band as one of the most exciting in British music today.
There are moments on Drunk Tank Pink where you almost
have to reach for the sleeve to check this is the same band
who made 2018’s Songs Of Praise. Such is the jump Shame
have made from the riotous post-punk of their debut to the
sprawling adventurism and twitching anxieties laid out here.
The South Londoner’s blood and guts spirit, that wink and
grin of devious charm, is still present, it’s just that it’s grown
into something bigger, something deeper, more ambitious and
unflinchingly honest.
The genius of Drunk Tank Pink is how these lyrical themes
dovetail with the music. Opener Alphabet dissects the premise
of performance over a siren call of nervous, jerking guitars, its
chorus thrown out like a beer bottle across a mosh pit.
Songs spin off and lurch into unexpected directions throughout
here, be it March Day’s escalating aural panic attack or the
shapeshifting darkness of Snow Day. There’s a Berlin era Bowie
beauty to the lovelorn Human For A Minute while closer Station
Wagon weaves from a downbeat mooch into a souring, soul-lifting climax in which Steen elevates himself beyond the clouds
and into the heavens. Or at least that’s what it sounds like.
From the womb to the clouds (sort of), Shame are currently
very much in the pink.
A1 Alphabet
A2 Nigel Hitter
A3 Born In Luton
A4 March Day
A5 Water In The Well
A6 Snow Day
B1 Human, For A Minute
B2 Great Dog
B3 6/1
B4 Harsh Degrees
B5 Station Wagon
C1 Alphabet (Demo)
C2 Nigel Hitter (Demo)
C3 Born In Luton (Demo)
C4 March Day (Demo)
C5 Water In The Well (Demo)
C6 Snow Day (Demo)
D1 Human, For A Minute (Demo)
D2 Great Dog (Demo)
D3 6/1 (Demo)
D4 Harsh Degrees (Demo)
D5 Station Wagon (Demo)
