Refused‘s new album “War Music” has officially been announced for an October 18th release date via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy. The song “Blood Red” has been tapped as the first single from the release and will launch next Friday, August 02nd. If you missed it, the band have been performing that track live this year with footage available here.
Speaking of this new record, the group commented:
“In the present moment, we who believe in the equal distribution of wealth in an egalitarian, ecological direct democracy, we who use gender-neutral pronouns and words like solidarity, moral responsibility, intersectionality and class warfare, we who believe in the Marxist dictum, “from each according to ability, to each according to need” are on our back foot, on our backs, backed up against the wall, surrounded by enemies, our movement curtailed, our rights violated.
It’s been clear for some time: the sun is setting on our beliefs.
But we still believe that capitalism is cancer and we still believe it can be cured.
We still believe that the patriarchy is cancer and we still believe it too can be cured.
We still believe in the power of art to transform and expand the mind.
And last but by no means least: We still believe in the total violent obliteration of the one percent.
Blood red until we’re fucking dead.
Let’s go.”
The band’s current live plans include the following shows:
With Gouge Away:
10/26 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
10/27 Glasgow, UK – Barrowlands
10/29 Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
10/30 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
10/31 Manchester, UK – Academy
11/01 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
11/03 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
11/04 Cologne, GER – Carlswerk
11/05 Hamburg, GER – Grosse Freiheit
11/07 Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
11/08 Paris, FRA – Elysee Montmartre
11/10 Milan, ITA – Alcatraz
11/11 Munich, GER – Tonhalle
11/12 Berlin, GER – Huxley’s
Refused:
12/11 Copenhagen, DEN – Vega
12/12 Lund, SWE – Mejeriet
12/13 Gothenburg, SWE – Pustervik
12/14 Stockholm, SWE – Berns
12/15 Oslo, NOR – Vulkan
12/17 Helsinki, FIN – Circis
