Credits:ShameDescription:Post-punkissuchalong-runningstylethatits21stcenturypractitionerssometimessoundlikethey'regoingthroughthemotions,butShame'sSongsofPraiseisareminderofjusthowvitalitisatitsbest.Ontheirdebutalbum,theSouthLondonbandcertainlyrecallslegendslikeTelevisionPersonalitiesandGangofFour,aswellasneweractssuchasIceageandSavages.Buteveniftheframeworkoftheirmusicisfamiliar,theenergytheybringtoitfeelsnew,electrifyingtheirsongsastheybridgethepersonalandpoliticalwithwitandfury.Onthebristling"Concrete,"singerCharlieSteenandbassistJoshFinerty'svocalsricochetoffeachotherastheyexpressbothsidesoftheinternaldebateofsomeonetrappedinago-nowhererelationship;later,on"GoldHole,"Shameexplorethefinelinebetweenexploitationandempowermentastheyteeterbetweentautandfrantic.HereandthroughoutSongsofPraise,itfeelslikeShameareusingthesesoundstorageagainsttheworld'sinjusticesforthefirsttime.Steen'scharismaisoneoftheband'sgreatestassets,andhisch