Shame: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Bob Boilen | July 30, 2021
The first time I saw shame singer Charlie Steen, he was stripped down to nothing but his Racing Green brand underwear (which he had wedged up his behind), as guitar, bass and drums punctuated his emphatic vocals. In this Tiny Desk (home) concert, we find Charlie in a full suit, tie and hat, sitting in a living room atmosphere backed not only by the rest of shame (also seated), but a compendium of violins, horns and more.

All the songs here are from the band's 2021 album, Drunk Tank Pink. It's the sound of this South London post-punk band challenging not only their listeners, but themselves. What a thrill.

SET LIST
"Snow Day"
"Born in Luton"
"Human, for a Minute"

MUSICIANS
Charlie Steen: lead vocals
Eddie Green: guitar, vocals
Josh Finerty: bass, vocals
Sean Coyle-Smith: guitar, vocals
Charlie Forbes: drums
Freddy Wordsworth: trumpet
Campbell Baum: saxophone
Kai Akinde-Hummel: percussion
Oliver Hamilton: violin
Magdalena McLean: violin

CREDITS
Producer: Duncan Harrison
Directors: Benjamin Brook and Jerry Dobson
Camera Operators: Callum Chaplin and Lawrence Jones
Sound Engineer: Tom LeBeau
Horn and String Arrangements: Josh Finerty
Mixing: Josh Finerty and Nina Madley
Editor: Benjamin Brook
Special thanks to Elliot Lynks

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Alex Drewenskus
Tiny Production Team: Maia Stern, Josh Rogosin, Gabrielle Pierre, Bobby Carter
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

#shame #tinydesk #nprmusic