Shame have announced a new album. Cutthroat , which was produced by John Congleton, arrives September 5 via Dead Oceans . The English post-punk group has also shared the album’s lead single, “ Cutthroat ,” alongside a video, directed by Ja Humby, that features lead singer Charlie Steen riding a motorcycle in a wall of death stunt at a carnival, dancing in gold lamé shorts, and more. Check it out below.

Steen, in a press release, cited Oscar Wilde as an influence on the new song. “I was reading a lot of Oscar Wilde plays where everything was about paradox,” he said. “In ‘Cutthroat,’ it’s that whole idea from Lady Windermere’s Fan , ‘Life’s far too important to be taken seriously.’”

Cutthroat is the follow-up to 2023’s Food for Worms . Shame—featuring vocalist Charlie Steen

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