SHAMEGRIN is dark emo rap that says the thing you’d never say out loud. Gary Makinson writes it, records it, and produces it in Canada — late-night drums, spoken-word edges, cinematic videos. No face. Just sound.
The songs are nights, not playlists. Panic in the chest. Money stress. Memory that won’t sit down. A smile in the grocery line while everything inside is loud. This is not party music. This is the track you put on when the house is quiet and your head isn’t.
The Stutter Boys and the ShameGrin is the 2026 flagship — 3:54 of confession with the grin still on. Around it: The Wolf That Stays Caged (the feeling you lock in), Tired of This World (the walk-home ache), Fall Into the Ground (when you want the floor to take you), The Mountains Still Call to Me (the place you keep going back to), Oblivion Home No More, Anime Star. Deeper in the vault: Dragged Through Heaven and Hell, Bleed, Bite Marks, After the Fire, Outrun the Crash.
On the record
- 01The Stutter Boys and the ShameGrinSingle · 3:54
- 02Tired of This WorldAche
- 03The Wolf That Stays CagedLock
- 04Fall Into the GroundDrop
- 05The Mountains Still Call to MeReturn
- 06Oblivion Home No MoreExit
- 07Anime StarGlow
Hear it on Spotify and SoundCloud. Watch the 4K MVs on YouTube. Own the catalog on ElasticStage. Press: shamegrin@icloud.com.
If you’ve ever smiled while you were breaking, this music already knows your name.
— Gary Makinson · SHAMEGRIN · Canada · No face. Just sound.
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