Songs Of Praise distils the best features of classic British alternative music into a vital band passionate to enervate, communicate and entertain.
It’s an album to click play on again and again, every time struck by its sheer strength. ’Songs Of Praise’ shouldn’t just be an essential listen for 2018, but one that’ll be looked back on as a moment where things changed.
Shame shout louder than anyone else at the moment, and make a claim to become Britain’s best new band.
Shame are a snapshot of the now. It’s abrasive, it’s not compromising and yet it still manages to be a kind of pop music. This is the reflection of grating modern life.
Whip smart, furious and, most importantly, fun, Songs of Praise is the first essential album of 2018. And what an album it is.
Songs of Praise is a treat from start to finish, each song is intricately stitched together providing the perfect narrative to your Saturday night stumbling. Or any time of the week for that matter.
Songs of Praise is a modern, sneering punk explosion that adds up to more than a sum of its parts.
Whether they're sophisticated or visceral, Shame's energy and confidence makes Songs of Praise an exciting debut from one of the most vital-sounding British rock bands of the late 2010s.
If Shame belong to a generation of mobilizing British refuseniks teetering on an uprising, Songs of Praise is its soundtrack, whistling like a kettle coming to the boil.
They’re certainly lads, and they certainly rock, but Songs Of Praise is much more about self-expression and determination, and doesn’t look for any kind of gratification – it just sounds like a bunch of young men looking to blow off steam, and that is what makes it such an enjoyable romp.
What makes this all powerful is just how musically accomplished Shame are, despite the high-anxiety relentlessness of their sonic gospel.
Despite Shame’s lyrical foibles, they evince a prodigious adeptness for musicianship, and though Songs of Praise isn’t the most arresting debut by a garage band, there are far worse places to start.
on their first LP, ‘songs of praise’, shame show themselves as a smart band, wise beyond their years. their debut is rather spectacular.
“dust on trial” feels dark, like one’s inside a deep well and cannot escape. its rhythmic advances are synchronized with the song’s structure to craft great energy. the minor key vibes create some discomfort within the music. this discomfort is comforting, as the band completes a mission of setting up some unsettling vibes. ... read more
Edit: (79 —> 87) Since I’m a huge shame fan now, these songs are hitting so much harder
Yes. I will be praising these songs
After absolutely loving shame’s new record this year, I was excited to check out their first record. While I think that I prefer Drunk Tank Pink, this record BANGS. It has that really great Post Punk energy that you look for in bands like this, and I think that this also showcases a little bit more diversity. Specifically, I think it shows most in a ... read more
This album seems equally reviewed to their other albums but it is SO MUCH WORSE. Other than a few tracks, the songwriting is shit and the instrumentation uninspiring. One Rizla slaps tho.
Dust on Trial: 85/100
Concrete: 80/100
One Rizla: 85/100
The Lick: 75/100
Tasteless: 90/100
Donk: 70/100
Gold Hole: 75/100
Friction: 80/100
Lampoon: 80/100
Angie: 90/100
Total Score: 8.1
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#2 | / | Gigwise |
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#6 | / | NME |
#10 | / | The Independent |
#11 | / | The Line of Best Fit |
#12 | / | MondoSonoro |
#12 | / | Paste |