Damn Shames - Fear Of Assault Video

Damn Shames
Fear Of Assault
Video

Damn Shames release a new single, 'Fear Of Assault', through Abeano Music on Monday December 3rd 2008, on 7" only.

Damn Shames are Simon Richardson (vocals and guitar), Matthew Deary (vocals and guitar) and Jacob Burns (bass). Three impeccably degenerate and impossibly well read 19-year olds from Edinburgh in the great tradition of Scotland's art-pop musical underground - Scars, Fire Engines and Orange Juice are all reference points. Their debut Abeano release 'Fear Of Assault' is one of the singles of the year - think The Cribs if they were obsessed with The Prodigy and dripping with early Beastie Boys attitude.

'Fear of Assault' is 3 minutes and 27 seconds of pent up frustration.
It's the sound of three teenagers wanting to party but only succeeding in getting their heads kicked in. In fellow a-side 'Last Things' they've mainlined the melancholy disco pop of the Associates via the abrasive cool of Josef K.