How Refused Reshaped Punk For The 21st Century
There’s a mythic element to the band Refused and their 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come. They were a nobody punk band from Umea, Sweden, who, after 7 years of by-the-numbers hardcore, dropped a perfect statement of an album before disappearing, never to play again. That album fused together standard hardcore punk with elements of techno, jazz and folk to create something refreshingly new, influencing a whole generation of bands in their wake. The mystery surrounding this enigmatic band was crushed slightly when in 2012 the band went back on their word, and returned to play to a world that had finally caught up with their invention. But what was the album really about? Why did the band break up? And did The Shape of Punk to Come really shape what punk became?
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Soundtrack:
Bill Kiley – You Will Never Know (https://wicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/katana-zero-original-soundtrack)
Pracs – Kilt and Cutter (https://soundcloud.com/pracs)
Patricia Taxxon – Trap (https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/)
Patricia Taxxon – Bellstep (https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/)
Patricia Taxxon – Dance (https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/)
Luar – Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
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