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Shame, Shame is the sixth album by indie rock band Dr. Dog.^[1] It will be released on April 6, 2010.^[2] It will be the band's first release on the ANTI- record label after moving from Park the Van.

Track listing

• Written by Toby Leaman and Scott McMicken.

1. "Stranger"
2. "Shadow People"
3. "Station"
4. "Unbearable Why"
5. "Where'd All the Time Go?"
6. "Later"
7. "I Only Wear Blue"
8. "Someday"
9. "Mirror, Mirror"
10. "Jackie Wants a Black Eye"
11. "Shame, Shame"

Album Info

The band hoped to more accurately recreate the energy of their live shows on the album. "We were taking those experience on stage as reference points, rather than shedding them when we go into the studio, which is what we would always do," co-frontman Scott McMicken said. “We chose a batch of songs that are a little darker, or a little bit more heart-on-your-sleeve kind of stuff.”^[3]

The album also contains the most emotional lyrical content of the band's career. On Dr. Dog's website, McMicken said of the song "Jackie Wants a Black Eye": “It’s one of the most literal songs that I’ve ever written, and it was important for me because I had been in a bad state for awhile." Toby Leaman, the other frontman, also claims that "Station" is the only song he has every written about touring, and about "leaving over and over again." ^[4]

Many of the songs have been in the works for years. In an interview with ACRN.com, McMicken said that "Station" and "Unbearable Why" had been originally recorded for other albums, and "Where'd All the Time Go?" is actually eight years old.

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