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...according to our Phil on Thu 06 Dec, 2007.
Damn Shames have a right noisy racket of a 7" out on Abeano, 'Fear of Assault' is a cool little 7" actually. It's very now sounding.... What I like is that it sounds like it's almost falling over itself to play the next note. Very stuttery, jerky sounding repetitive decent modern indie gear which is somewhere inbetween Foals and Ikara Colt.."Their energy levels are beyond the control of Ritalin and their tunes are a perfect combination of the new (hints of Klaxons) and the old (imagine a more punky Suicide having a dance-off with Public Image Ltd.)" Artrocker
Damn Shames release their new single, 'Fear Of Assault', via Abeano Music (recent releases Vampire Weekend 'Mansard Roof', I Was A Cub Scout 'Pink Squares') on Monday December 3rd, on 7" only.
Damn Shames are Simon Richardson (vocals and guitar), Matthew Deary (vocals and guitar) and Jacob Burns (bass). Three impeccably degenerate and impossibly well read 19-year olds from Edinburgh in the great tradition of Scotland's art-pop musical underground Scars, Fire Engines and Orange Juice are all reference points. Their debut Abeano release 'Fear Of Assault' is one of the singles of the year - think The Cribs if they were obsessed with The Prodigy and dripping with early Beastie Boys attitude.
After only a handful of (chaotic) gigs and a 7" released by their friends at Golden Eagle, Damn Shames came to London for a couple of shows where they met Luke Smith (of the now defunct Clor and recent producer of Shitdisco, FrYars, etc) who offered to re-record their distorted and shambolic demos. The results of which are this first single.
'Fear of Assault' is 3 minutes and 27 seconds of pent up frustration. Written about the boys time in Glasgow, it's the sound of three teenagers wanting to party but only succeeding in getting their heads kicked in. In fellow a-side 'Last Things' they've mainlined the melancholy disco pop of the Associates via the abrasive cool of Josef K.
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