Following 2018’s riotous rendition of ‘Feliz Navidad’, shame has once again cooked up a festive offering for all; this time in the original track ‘Baldur’s Gate’.
It’s a Christmas story; one of ribbons and decorations, but in typical shame fashion, has a darker side lyrically, all wrapped up in meandering and chiming guitars.
Listen to ‘Baldur’s Gate’ – BELOW:
On the track, Charlie Steen, who fronts the band, noted:
‘It’s another Christmas classic. It’s about a period of time in which I’d regularly be trekking up to the streets of Edinburgh to see an ex-partner. These are some of the thoughts I’d have when I’d be leaving Waverley station, en route back to London in the winter nights.’
It culminates a busy end to the year for the band, with recent single ‘This Side of the Sun’ currently on the BBC 6 Music playlist, and having just tied up a UK tour which saw them play two sold-out nights at Electric Brixton and headline Brockwell Park’s Wide Awake Festival.
Shame 2022 tour dates
FEB
07 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
08 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
09 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
11 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
14 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA
15 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
17 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
18 – Tulips – Fort Worth, TX
19 – George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR
20 – The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
22 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
23 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
25 – Skully’s Music Diner – Columbus, OH
26 – Mahall’s – Lakewood, OH
27 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON
MARCH
01 – Theatre Fairmont – Montreal, QC
03 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
04 – Webster Hall – New York, NA
05 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
07 – Black Cat – Washington, DC
08 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC
09 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
11 – Exit In – Nashville, TN
12 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
13 – Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA
30 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
31 – Trix VZW – Antwerpen, Belgium
APRIL
01 – Bataclan – Paris, France
02 – Mascotte – Zurich, Switzerland
04 – Strom – Munich, Germany
05 – Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
06 – Knust – Hamburg, Germany
08 – VEGA – Copenhagen, Denmark
09 – Debaser Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
10 – Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway
12 – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
13 – Den Atelier – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
14 – CBE – Cologne, Germany
MAY
21 – Tomavistas Festival – Madrid, Spain
JUNE
04 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain
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