Cutthroat
by Shame
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 September 2025
- Label: Dead Oceans
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 43:08
- Community rating: 3.47/5 from 18 ratings
Artists on this release: Charlie Forbes, Eddie Green, Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle鈥揝mith, Josh Finerty
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The band's fourth album, 'Cutthroat', marks a sonic evolution, with producer John Congleton steering them toward a cleaner, more precise, yet still brash and confrontational post-punk sound. Lyrically, the album explores themes of conflict, corruption, cowardice, and paradox, influenced by the works of Oscar Wilde. While expanding their sonic palette with elements of Latin rock and synth-pop, the album received praise for its creative bravery and energetic performance, solidifying it as a significant, though at times polarizing, entry in their discography.
Genres
Descriptors: Confrontational, Tense, Confident, Guitar Driven, Raw, Rhythmic, bold, guitars, punchy, rhythmic, vocal, satirical
Tracklist
- Cutthroat (3:14)
- Cowards Around (2:21)
- Quiet Life (3:16)
- Nothing Better (2:47)
- Plaster (2:55)
- Spartak (2:38)
- To and Fro (2:26)
- Lampi茫o (3:29)
- After Party (3:09)
- Screwdriver (2:51)
- Packshot (4:19)
- Axis of Evil (3:31)
Credits
- Shame - primary artist, written-by
- Adam Nealon - a&r
- Nick Scott - art direction
- Ingrid Enache - design
- Julia Fletcher - design
- Jack Talbot - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Jake Stainer - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Chris Muth - lacquer cut by
- Matt Colton - mastered by
- Louie Edison - photography by [artwork photography]
- Jamie Wdziekonski - photography by [band photography]
- John Congleton - producer, mixed by, engineer
- Seth Evans - written-by [contributions from]
- Max Goulding - written-by [contributions from]