Last week, South London post-punk band Shame released their third album, 'Food For Worms'. The New Cue talked to frontman Charlie Steen about how different making of it was compared to their covid-album 'Drunk Tank Pink'. "When you’re writing for live, you’re not over-thinking it. You’re like, fuck transitions or whatever, it needs to go verse chorus verse chorus and we can deal with that stuff later. We did those shows and two months later we were in the studio making the album... I think you need to get to a stage for something to happen, you need to be at a crossroads for something to happen".

The first widely critically acclaimed album of the new year is the second record by the English post-punk band Shame: "a massively ambitious and accomplished body of work driven by propulsive melodies and lyrics delivered with boundless passion" - the Quietus; "an exhilarating and inspiring listen" - Stereogum; "shadowboxing to Shame’s sonic assault is one of the more satisfying ways to cope with the ecstatic catastrophe of life" - CoS; "a surreal landscape of desperation, frustration, and consideration, and a confident second record from the South Londoners" - Clash Music.