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French alt-rock quartet, Untitled With Drums, have just unleashed their new single, “Shame,” with an official music video, directed by Angélique Delabre and Martin Le Borgne. It is the second single to emerge from their forthcoming album Made Flesh, set for release August 21st, 2026 on Season of Mist records. Watch it in the article below.
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The band states:
““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. 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.”
Where the band’s debut single “Matter” dissected the compulsion to dominate and be seen, “Shame” shifts the lens outward—toward those who move through the world unburdened by the weight that quietly crushes everyone else. Built around the same unflinching first-person register that defines the album, the track channels frustration and a sharp sense of injustice into something that hits with the directness of an accusation. Lyrically, it sits at the intersection of self-examination and provocation: “Still you are unknown to shame / While I bathed in mine / I gave it my name.”
The album is an uncompromising, first-person exploration of the human psyche: latent egocentrism, comfortable denial, sustained toxicity, recorded at Halle du Jeu de Paume in Vic-le-Comte, France, and shaped through a demanding process the band have described as transformative.
Made Flesh tracklisting:
01 Above My Head
02 Shame
03 Matter
04 Gray
05 Space
06 Change for You
07 Oblivious
08 Parasitic
09 Been So High
10 Cry
That Untitled With Drums didn’t throw in the towel during the COVID era is nothing short of a miracle. While their debut album, Hollow, had the misfortune of being released just days before the lockdown was declared in France in March 2020, the praise from the specialized media allowed it to soar above the fray. This propelled this heir to Failure, Quicksand, and Cave In to the stages of Hellfest 2022 and the Nuits de Fourvière festival, opening for the legendary Deftones, as well as London’s Desertfest. This was enough to build confidence, gather strength, and prepare the ground for a worthy successor to their first album, as well as to the symbols EP released at the end of 2025. This was merely an appetizer before Made Flesh, their sophomore album, through which the Clermont-Ferrand-based band pushes their hybrid of alt rock and 90s post-hardcore to new heights.
Recorded and mixed under the guidance of Cyrille Gachet (Fange, Year Of No Light, The Great Old Ones…) and then mastered by Alan Douches (Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Converge…), Made Flesh grew out of a long and intense period of songwriting, fraught with self-doubt and soul-searching. But above all, it testifies to a compositional intent focused on efficiency and a better showcasing of everything that constitutes the band’s sonic DNA. Only one single guiding principle here: ensuring that these 10 new tracks resonate personally. This is Untitled With Drums as its members want you to hear them — not as you might expect. Far from being weakened by their reformation as a quartet, it is precisely their unbreakable bonds forged more than a decade ago that constitute their strength, more alive with symbiosis than ever.
While the power of Lucas D.‘s riffs is heightened, the ethereal soundscapes he weaves are even more expanded. They blend seamlessly with Nicolas Z.‘s synthesizers, now more prominent than ever. Rémy D.’s drumming provides the songs’ backbone, delivering grooves with assertive nuances without neglecting more intricate patterns. This array of strengths wouldn’t be complete without bassist Martin L.B..‘s vocals, never failing to deliver an infectious emotional intensity. This energy serves Made Flesh‘s thematic focus: a satirical outlook on our times delivered from a multitude of perspectives, like donning and dropping one mask after another.
With this sophomore album, Untitled With Drums establish themselves as the beacon of a French rock scene struggling to take risks, too often settling for crude heaviness. Theirs cuts deeper — straight to the flesh.
Line-up:
Martin L.B. — Bass, vocals
Lucas D. — Guitar
Nicolas Z. — Keyboards
Rémy D. — Drums
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