{"product_id":"shame-cutthroat-pre-order","title":"shame - Cutthroat (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCutthroat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eshame\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eat their blistering best. An unapologetic new album with Grammy winning producer\u003cb\u003e John Congleton\u003c\/b\u003e at the helm; it’s souped up and supercharged. It’s exactly where you want shame to be. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eStill in their twenties, the five childhood friends -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Steen\u003c\/b\u003e, guitarists\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Coyle-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Green\u003c\/b\u003e, bassist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh Finerty\u003c\/b\u003e and drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e - have grown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShame\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eexponentially, with ambitious sonic ideas and the technical chops to execute them. Having proved themselves several times over with legendary live shows and three critically-acclaimed albums under their belts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShame\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewent into\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCutthroat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eready to create a new Ground Zero.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“This is about who we are,” says\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteen\u003c\/b\u003e. “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’.” Crucial to this incendiary new outlook was producer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Congleton\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(\u003cb\u003eSt. Vincent, Angel Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e). From their initial meeting, Congleton’s no-bullshit approach became a guiding force to streamline the band’s ideas. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eStamped throughout with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShame’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003etrademark sense of humour, the album takes on the big issues of today and gleefully toys with them. Casting a merciless eye on themes of conflict and corruption; hunger and desire; lust, envy and the omnipresent shadow of cowardice.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMusically, too, the record plays with visceral new ideas. Making electronic music on tour for fun,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoyle-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e had previously seen the loops he was crafting as a separate entity to the thing she wrote for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShame\u003c\/b\u003e. 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