Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
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Artist: RefusedEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Music Label: Burning Heart
Soundtracks:
- Worms Of The Senses/Faculties Of The Skull
- Liberation Frequency
- The Deadly Rythm (Of The Production Line)
- Summer Holidays Vs. Punk Routine
- Bruitist Pome #5
- New Noise
- Refused Party-Programme
- Protest Song '68
- Refused Are Fuckin Dead
- The Shape Of Punk To Come
- Tannhauser/Derive
- The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax
Free Music Notes for The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
Free Music Review: Brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
Anybody who thinks that punk rock is a lousy genre where the people can't play obviously haven't heard anything like this before (not to mention everything punk influenced). The Refused may be dead as a band, but The Shape of Punk To Come is ALIVE with stunning, well thought out music. If you like punk rock, this is a must. This is why.
First off, as punk rock, it delivers on that front. It's loud, occasionaly fast, always feels like the band going to light a fire under their @$$, you name it. While it's not as intense as Minor Threat, it's not exactly supposed to be. It's potent, as WA mentioned, the vocals are full of venom, anger, and rip anew, it's explosive, it's ________ punk! Full of creatively played riffs, monster drumming, and a variety like you wouldn't believe. These guys are extremely talented, and the way they play, JUST LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE PLAY! Guitar, bass, and drum fans are in for a treat, and not the kind that equate technicality with greatness. People who understand more about music than that (though technicality brings great things, no doubt, like DEP). There are even some effects thrown in for good measure, such as the beginning of Refused are _______ Dead, and inside the liner notes list a Cello, Violin, Tambourine, upright bass, and Melodica. Don't expect much of those, however, I just think it's used great on this record.
And it must be said is the many different styles these guys play, the goody bag of sounds. The interludes, the effects, the jazz breakdowns, the techno breakdowns, some of them you could dance to, the instrumental breaks, the closer, and the electronic song. Refused deliver an astounding variety of punk rock and other stuff that's it hard not to love. And it's great how those things don't feel like gimmicks. The jazz breakdown in Deadly Rhythm could easily have come out straight from the times (only don't expect any horns). And I must compliment on the atmosphere the two last songs. TannHauser/Derive has brooding, atmosphere that paints pictures of the band standing in Egypt at sunset and a city, and The Apollo Program Was a Hoax, I could see the band on a farm, a lonely farm, singing this song, or an empty NASA station with the lights off, or.... ERGH, this stuff is ________ cool. Well, I could ramble even more, but I've had enough. It would be waaayyy too long and you would lose interest.
Highlights? Pretty much the whole thing. Once you digested the songs, you won't want to put it down, and listening to the whole thing from beginning to end will not be a problem (I usually try to tackle the songs that haven't grown on me before playing it all the way through).
I won't spoil it for you, but give it some time (I wasn't exactly crazy about it the first time I heard it either). It's worth it and I wont' want to give this album up if you payed me. Best experimentation of punk rock since The Minutemen, and probably one of the last great punk rock albums not released by Rancid.
10/10
The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts Poster
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 NelsonIt'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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