Photo by Pooneh Ghana

From buzz band to hungover from the buzz, shame have seen a lot since the ascent as one of the UK’s best new post-punk bands with their 2018 breakthrough, Songs of Praise, and the subsequent sophomore reaction from that pressure on 2020′s Drunk Tank Pink. Their next album, Food for Worms, is the South London band’s way of turning the hard-fought lessons in life into cautionary tales, and on “Fingers of Steel”, they assess the damage left in the wake of comparison culture, especially that fueled by influencer goals. “Well, this time you feel that you’ve been found / But when you look there’s no one around,” Steen and company shout along its chorus. Aided by clear-headed production Flood, there’s a newfound tenderness in shame’s frustration where it’s like they’re warning the rest of the world of the same pitfalls they fell into.

Directed by: Ja Humby

shame’s Food for Worms will be released February 24th on Dead Oceans.