Refused once famously rallied against the state of punk with their 1998 release “The Shape Of Punk To Come“, these days frontman Dennis Lyxzén has a much less hopeful viewpoint on the genre. Speaking with Spin, he stated:
“[Punk rock] doesn’t mean anything. It got appropriated by the world. It’s a subculture with men with shorts that play guitar. It has no meaning, it has no value, it has no cultural gravitas. I mean, it’s going to be something that will define me and our band forever, but today it has no value. For us, I think it was more of an idea than a musical expression. What stuck with us was the idea that anything is possible.”
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Refused will return with their first new album since that 1998 release, “Freedom“, on June 30th. For now, you can stream it here.
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