Young Fathers Share New Track ‘Shame’

Listen to it now...

Young Fathers are set to release their new album 'White Men Are Black Men Too' on April 6th.

The follow up to 2014's Mercury smasher 'Dead', the trio have just placed new cut 'Shame' online.

Musically, 'Shame' is as open as Young Fathers have dared to be – soulful vocals, pounding percussion and gorgeous hooks.

Lyrically, though, the trio take things a little deeper, a little dark. The Edinburgh based group have placed a note alongside it – check it out after the jump.

"Yes, you are on your way to work. Yes, you are late but you don't give a fuck. That's not why you're flat-footing it up the concrete steps, feeling that rough corner burn on the palm of your hand. That's not why you're sweating (on the inside! The inside!) or why tendons are twitching and flicking the ends of your toes while you wait, tapping, for the gap in the revolving door to swing too slowly your way."

"It's not because you did something wrong and now there are people, the police, sending sirens, howling like dogs after your heels. They won't catch you, not worried. Fuck 'em. It's not because you're running from school, from the sight of your face in the steamy glass as you arrive for another day of drear, running towards unknown fields."

"It's because… this prodding, insistent (move it! Pick up! Come on!) this audio whip, this escalator gone mad in your ears and then that slow down and the choir (The Leith Congregational Choir no less) and what does it take to feel better? When will you be happy again? Who cares. Keep moving and then, a moment and you realise, hey I'm happy, just now, right now and it comes home and you feel no shame. No. Shame. Take a breath. (Perfectly audio-tuned for tinny ear phones)."

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'White Men Are Black Men Too' will be released on April 6th.

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