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1 |
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発売日 |
2018年01月12日 |
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規格品番 |
DOC144 |
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SKU |
656605144429 |
チャーリー・スティーン(ヴォーカル)、ショーン・コイル・スミス(ギター)、エディ・グリーン(ギター)、チャーリー・フォーブス(ドラム)、ジョシュ・ファイアンティ(ベース)による平均20歳の若き5人組シェイムがスロウダイヴやMitskiなどが所属する<Dead Oceans>からデビュー・アルバム『ソングス・フォー・プレイズ』をリリース!ザ・フォールやテレヴィジョン、ワイアーなどから影響を受けたというニュー・ウェーヴ / ポスト・パンクサウンド。荒削りながらも若いバンドにしか持ち得ない輝きを放ち、それにチャーリー・スティーンのしゃがれたヴォーカルがバンドの魅力を更に引き立てる!
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:38:25
Personnel: Charlie Steen (vocals); Sean Coyle-Smith, Eddie Green (guitar); Nathan Boddy, Dan Foat (keyboards, programming); Josh Finerty (bass guitar); Charlie Forbes (drums). Audio Mixer: Nathan Boddy. Recording information: Rockfield Studios. Photographer: Holly Whitaker. Post-punk is such a long-running style that its 21st century practitioners sometimes sound like they're going through the motions, but Shame's Songs of Praise is a reminder of just how vital it is at its best. On their debut album, the South London band certainly recalls legends like Television Personalities and Gang of Four, as well as newer acts such as Iceage and Savages. But even if the framework of their music is familiar, the energy they bring to it feels new, electrifying their songs as they bridge the personal and political with wit and fury. On the bristling "Concrete," singer Charlie Steen and bassist Josh Finerty's vocals ricochet off each other as they express both sides of the internal debate of someone trapped in a go-nowhere relationship; later, on "Gold Hole," Shame explore the fine line between exploitation and empowerment as they teeter between taut and frantic. Here and throughout Songs of Praise, it feels like Shame are using these sounds to rage against the world's injustices for the first time. Steen's charisma is one of the band's greatest assets, and his charisma carries lyrics as on-the-nose as "Friction"'s "Do you know the difference between what is right and what is wrong?" Shame also displays an impressive amount of range and ambition on Songs of Praise. On the Cribs-esque "One Rizla" and "Tasteless," they prove they're just as skilled at polished guitar pop as they are ferocious rants like "Donk" and "The Lick." The band even get a bit arty on the album's dour opener "Dust on Trial" and particularly on its seven-minute finale "Angie," a slow-burning tale of star-crossed love and suicide. 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. ~ Heather Phares
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1.Dust on Trial
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2.Concrete
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3.One Rizla
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4.Lick, The
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5.Tasteless
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6.Donk
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7.Gold Hole
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8.Friction
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9.Lampoon
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10.Angie
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ファット・ホワイト・ファミリーらと共にサウス・ロンドンはブリクストン・シーンを盛り上げる、5人組がアルバム・デビュー。フォールとバースデイ・パーティの遺伝子を継ぐハード・エッジな暗黒サウンドに、〈腐った世の中に中指を立てろ!〉とシャウトするかすれ気味のヴォーカルがよく映えている。ツアー・サポートも経験済みのウォーペイントやスレイヴスの座を脅かす存在へと成長しそうな気配だ。
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