RED HOT SHAME is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Xeff Scolari and for their sensational new album YOU CAN’T MAKE ME, he recorded with frequent collaborators Steven Pitsenbarger (vocals, percussion), Ryan Wilson (guitar), Spencer Kennedy (bass, drums, keys, vocals), and Mark Bennet (harmonica), a lineup that brings an energy and excitement to RED HOT SHAME that Xeff could not accomplish alone.

Adding to their ever expanding catalog of imaginative visual media, RED HOT SHAME also released music videos for their new tracks “Stone” and “Vampire Empire” ahead of the album’s December 1st, 2023, release date.

Together they are a creative force that make performances feel like a wild ride - anything can happen at any moment, turning the band’s live shows into can’t miss events.

1. Sophie (4:01)
2. Miserable (4:28)
3. Unscripted (3:57)
4. What’s Mine (2:34)
5. Stone (3:14)
6. Vampire Empire (2:33)
7. Better Alone (3:31)
8. Give In (4:05)
9. Both (2:50)
10. Methodical (3:45)
11. I’m Ready For You To Go (3:47)
12. You Can’t Make Me (4:04)

This brilliantly enthusiastic, and artistically succulent new recording opens on the low slung, countrified twang of Sophie and the forthright guitar yearn found within Miserable and then we get the upbeat Unscripted, the foot tapping rocker What’s Mine and the impassioned Stone.

Along next is the brilliant early’90s-hued rocker Vampire Empire and the harmonica-driven Better Alone and they are in turn backed by the wretched mid-tempo ballad Give In, the gritty rocker Both, the album rounding out on the low slung Methodical, the jagged, jaunty I’m Ready For You To Go, coming to a close on the languishing of the titular You Can’t Make Me.

Scolari recorded, mixed, and mastered YOU CAN’T MAKE ME at his own Shameful Studio collaboratively with the whole group. They tried some new things on this record to make it more representative of how the band sounds live; on some previous releases the material was developed largely in the studio, but on this new album they were able to begin recording with the songs already fleshed out and developed across months of performances.

YOU CAN’T MAKE ME features striking album art by Jeff Jordan, known for his work with The Mars Volta. Reminiscent of Gulliver, the band’s signature giant chick is unsuccessfully tied down by likenesses of the band. Look closely and you’ll see many of the band’s friends and fans represented amongst the captivated onlookers. In fact, the album’s title YOU CAN’T MAKE ME comes from a playful joke between Xeff and his friend Linda (she’s the fairy godmother on the cover), who would taunt each other with the phrase.

Official Purchase Link

www.redhotshame.com