shame - Cutthroat (2025)
Cutthroat kicks off with brash intent: the title track immediately sets a high-voltage tone, combining muscular riffs, clipped guitars, and Charlie Steen’s snarling presence. The album as a whole maintains momentum—no long detours, twelve concise tracks that push forward rather than linger—its propulsion underpinned by Congleton’s precision production. Lyrically, Shame sharpen their blade: the record takes aim at hypocrisy, arrogance, insecurity, and the paradoxes of modern life in biting, often confrontational lines. While Cutthroat may lean less toward the raw vulnerability of their past work, it compensates by embodying boldness and menace, offering thrills in almost every phrase. In short, this is Shame at a new peak of urgency—reminded that confrontation can be both musical and moral.
Genre: Post Punk
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 583th / 682
Highlight: Lampião
Made me think of:
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Fontaines D.C.
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