The title of Dr. Dog's LP Shame, Shame might imply placing blame on someone else, but through much of the set, frontmen Toby Leaman (bass) and Scott McMicken (lead guitar) are putting it mostly on themselves. "Unbearable Why" starts with "I'm doin' time/ I'm guilty" over a simple snare-and-bass beat and piano, while in "I Only Wear Blue" they insist, "I'm only guilty, I admit it." Shame is the band's first release on ANTI- and first with an outside producer, Rob Schnapf, and it's the band's cleanest and grandest sound to date, though the music itself isn't fundamentally different from past releases. Dr. Dog continue to be unabashedly retro and refreshing with songs built on spirited piano chords, harmonized choruses sung by all the band members, and riffs that could be lifted from '60s and '70s pop-rock repertoire. The opener, "Stranger," has a chorus of, "I do believe that there's no more tricks up my sleeve," but Shame is solid evidence that, in terms of their music, this claim simply isn't true.