French outfit UNTITLED WITH DRUMS have unveiled "Shame," the second advance single from their forthcoming sophomore album, "Made Flesh," due August 21, 2026 via Season of Mist. The track channels frustration and a sharp sense of injustice into a song that lands with the directness of an accusation.
"'Shame' is about injustice, insolence and the stark observation that while so many of us are consumed by spirals of remorse and regret, others seem entirely immune and thriving without consequence," the band explains. "A theme that echoes the album's broader thread of truly facing what we feel and acknowledging how deeply these flaws are woven into our core identity. 'Shame' is addressed to those who, for once in their lives, would do better to share that burden with the rest of us."
Hailing from Clermont-Ferrand, France, UNTITLED WITH DRUMS have spent the past decade carving out space for an uncompromising hybrid of alt-rock and 1990s post-hardcore. Their debut album "Hollow" carried them to the stages of Hellfest and Nuits de Fourvière, and "Made Flesh" sharpens that foundation considerably.
Across ten tracks, the new record maps a free-flowing, first-person exploration of the human psyche — egocentrism, denial, toxicity and instrumentalized faith — without metaphysical abstraction or easy resolution. It was recorded and mixed under the guidance of Cyrille Gachet (FANGE, YEAR OF NO LIGHT, THE GREAT OLD ONES) and mastered by Alan Douches (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, EVERY TIME I DIE, CONVERGE).
"Shame" follows lead single "Matter" as the second taste of what the band promises will be their most direct and confrontational statement yet.
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