
There are some stories may know by heart but still love to hear again and again. Here is a classic of this kind: five idlers born and raised in South London who find a sonic salvation within rock and roll. With an electrifying crowd haranguer, Charlie Steen, as leader and singer, Shame revisits the incendiary intransigence of post-punk and brings ragged and angular songs, where guitars confront rhythmics with absolute audacity and morgue. As their third album, “Food For Worms” (claimed by its authors to be “the Lamborghini of Shame records”) is released, the five friends invite themselves to Europavox where, true to their convictions, they will take the stage as if their lives depended on it.