findersrecords

If Songs of Praise was fuelled by pint-sloshing teenage vitriol,�then Drunk Tank Pink delved into a different kind of intensity.�Wading into uncharted musical waters, emboldened by their�wit and earned cynicism, they created something with the�abandon of a band who had nothing to lose. Having forced�their way through their second album�s identity crisis, they�arrive, finally, at a place of hard-won maturity. Enter: Food�for Worms, which Steen declares to be �the Lamborghini of�shame records.�

It marks a sonic departure from anything they�ve done�before, abandoning their post-punk beginnings for more�eclectic influences, drawing from the tense atmospherics of�Merchandise, the sharp yet uncomplicated lyrics of Lou Reed�and the more melodic works of 90s German band, Blumfeld.

For the first time, the band are not delving inwards, but�seeking to capture the world around them. �I don�t think you�can be in your own head forever,� says Steen. A conversation�after one of their gigs with a friend prompted a stray thought�that he held onto: �It�s weird, isn�t it? Popular music is always�about love, heartbreak, or yourself. There isn�t much about�your mates.� In many ways, the album is an ode to friendship,�and a documentation of the dynamic that only five people�who have grown up together - and grown so close, against all�odds - can share.