The Shape of Punk to Come

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The Shape of Punk to Come - A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Studio album by Refused

Publication
(s)

1998

Label (s) Burning Heart Records

Format (s)

CD, LP, DVD-Audio

Genre (s)

Hardcore punk / post-hardcore

Title (number)

12

running time

55 m 09 s

occupation
  • Guitar, bass : Kristofer Steen
  • Guitar , sampler: Jon Brännström
  • Drums , guitar: David Sandström

production

Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Refused

Studio (s)

Tonteknik, Bomba Je

chronology
Songs to Fan the Flame of Discontent
1996 		The Shape of Punk to Come - A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts Freedom
2015

The Shape of Punk to Come (Subtitle: A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts) is a music album by the Swedish band Refused , named after Ornette Coleman's album The Shape of Jazz to Come . It was released in 1998 on Burning Heart Records and is assigned to the genre Hardcore Punk . It was the last, but most successful, album by the band before the temporary breakup in 1998.

meaning

Refused were a political band. Her CD booklets and texts were manifestos of her anti-capitalist convictions (“Capitalism is organized crime”). The special thing about this album is the extensive use of samplers and keyboards, which makes the sound more versatile. There are quiet parts that alternate with hard guitar riffs , then sequences that are reminiscent of drum and bass . Above that lies the voice of Dennis Lyxzen, which adapts to the respective song structure; sometimes screaming, sometimes calm. Nevertheless, the song title “Refused are fuckin dead” already gives a premonition of the further development of the band. 1998 was not only the year this album was released, but also the year Refused was temporarily disbanded.

Track list

  1. Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull (7:05)
  2. Liberation Frequency (4:08)
  3. The Deadly Rhythm (3:34)
  4. Summerholidays vs. Punk Routine (4:01)
  5. Bruitist Pome # 5 (1:25)
  6. New Noise (5:08)
  7. The Refused Party Program (2:38)
  8. Protest Song '68 (4:32)
  9. Refused Are Fuckin Dead (5:08)
  10. The Shape of Punk to Come (5:06)
  11. Tannhäuser / Derivè (8:07)
  12. The Apollo Program Was a Hoax (4:13)

List placements

  • 9th place of the Visions 150 records for eternity

influence

We have a song on our album that was directly influenced by Refused. For me, “The Shape of Punk to Come” is one of the 20 best albums of all time. - Duff McKagan on the album Contraband by his band Velvet Revolver . Keith Buckley, singer of Every Time I Die and The Damned Things , describes The Shape of Punk as the most influential album of his life.

reception

The online magazine Allmusic rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. At Pitchfork Media the album was rated 8.7 out of 10 points. The German magazine Visions led The Shape of Punk to Come, on their published 2019 list of Swedish 55 best rock albums.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Toby Schaper: Velvet Revolver . SUBWAY city magazine Braunschweig. June 2004. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.subway.cc
  2. ↑ Visions 250 p. 90
  3. ↑ The Shape of Punk to Come on Allmusic (English)
  4. ^ Criticism ( Memento from August 25, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ various authors: export world champion . In: Visions , issue 312, page 52