Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
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Artist: RefusedBrand: REFUSED
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Music Label: Burning Heart
Soundtracks:
- Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
- Liberation Frequency
- Deadly Rhythm
- Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
- Bruitist Pome #5
- New Noise
- Refused Party Program
- Protest Song '68
- Refused Are Fuckin Dead
- Shape of Punk to Come
- Tannh?user/Deriv?
- Apollo Programme Was a Hoax
Music reviews of The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
Music Review: Remains one of my favorite albums.
Rating: 5 Stars
I've owned three copies of this album, two on CD (the second coming after the first simply got handled too much) and the third on DVD Audio. Having bought the first copy back when it came out (late 98, early 99 or so) I can honestly say that even after listening to it for 10 years and having memorized every single nuance and fill, it still holds up. There's simply not another band that has come close to creating a solid full album like this. It's vicious, it's beautiful, it's perfect.
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No Description Available.Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 6-JAN-2004
If not the album of the year, it's at least the punk-rock album of the year, fiercely representing a musical ethos that has suffered the ignominious shame of commercial popularity. "We want the airwaves back!" shrieks singer (if you can use that word) Dennis, and over the course of The Shape of Punk to Come's 12 sonically stunning tracks, they reclaim the right to rage, rant, and innovate. The Refused broke up soon after recording this album, but they've left behind an invigorating manifesto. --Tod Nelson
It's a ballsy move to claim you're reinventing a musical genre that has been slogging along quite happily for more than two decades, but the Refused back up their chutzpah with an absolutely awe-inspiring and fearless slab of musical mayhem. The Shape of Punk to Come is nothing short of a punk-rock manifesto. Hardcore pathos is merely the foundation for their architecture: upon that they build an edifice of political expression with a take-no-prisoners approach to the search for artistic meaning and a musical liberation that includes elements of speedcore, free jazz, electronica, lo-fi, and absolutely no pop. Politics, art, and music merge into one monolithic whole. The disc starts with the spoken epigraph, "They told me that the classics never go out of style, but they do, they do," followed by a swirling mess of noise that finally jells into the last undiscovered thunderous riff of "Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull." The song stutters, then speeds along, skips, pauses, then rolls. They follow that with the groovy Gang of Four metronomic punch of "Liberation Frequency." When vocalist Dennis sings, "We want the airwaves back" in a sweet falsetto that belies his ability to deliver a screech not unlike a bull alligator clearing its throat, you believe this band isn't going to gently rise up the Billboard charts; they'd rather storm the ramparts. Unfortunately, when the band writes a song called "The Refused Are Fuckin' Dead," they aren't kidding around: the band broke up before the release of Shape. Let's hope enough people hear this album to kick-start the revolution. --Tod Nelson
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