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Indies Galaxy Pink Colour Vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Alphabet
2. Nigel Hitter
3. Born in Luton
4. March Day
5. Water in the Well
6. Snow Day
7. Human
8. Great Dog
9. 6/1
10. Harsh Degrees
11. Station Wagon

There are moments on Drunk Tank Pink where you almost havetoreachforthesleevetocheckthisisthesamebandwhomade2018’’sbloodandgutsspirit,thatwinkandgrinofdeviouscharm,isstillpresent,it’sjustthatit’sgrowninto something bigger, something deeper, more ambitious and unflinchingly genius of Drunk Tank Pink is how these lyrical themes dovetail with the music. Opener Alphabet dissects the premise of performance over a siren call of nervous, jerking guitars, its chorus thrown out like a beer bottle across a mosh pit. Songs spin off and lurch into unexpected directions throughout here,beitMarchDay’sescalatingauralpanicattackortheshapeshifting darkness of Snow Day. There’s a Berlin era Bowie beauty to the lovelorn Human For A Minute while closer Station Wagonweavesfromadownbeatmoochintoasouring,soul-lifting climax in which Steen elevates himself beyond thecloudsand into the heavens. Or at least that’s what it sounds like. From the womb to the clouds (sort of ), Shame are currently very much in the pink.