Shame - Songs of Praise (Cassette) Finn full of stark angles and

full of stark angles and atmosphere

" which unflinchingly tackles the subject of depression

and it pulls off the smartest trick: it's both unmistakably The Jicks and - due to the streamlining of their trademark tics and turns

to tremolo guitar and Moog synthesisers

originally released in 1978 on the sought-after Better Days label

Shame - Songs of Praise (Cassette) Finn full of stark angles andCASSETTE Concrete is a bracing jolt of a song, racing forward on a tightly wound post punk riff, its call and response vocals capturing the turmoil and schizophrenic internal dialogue of the song's subject matter. "It's about someone who's trapped in a relationship and they're being pummelled into surrender," says singer and lyricist Charlie Steen. "It's not about a physically abusive relationship more an emotionally and psychologically draining one.