“South London’s Shame concoct a filthy mess of The Doors, Sleaford Mods and Pixies while intense singer Charlie Steen strips to the waist and beats himself with half a mic stand” – The Guardian

“Shame, five boys in a tornado…play rock, but with the patter of Streets, the spittle of Mark E. Smith, and the class of Johnny Marr but above all the frenzy, rage, exasperation of their age” – Les Inrocks