| The Shape of Punk to Come | ||||
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| Studio album by Refused | ||||
| Released | October 27, 1998 June 8, 2010 (re-release) |
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| Recorded | at Tonteknik Bomba Je studios in late 1997 | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk, post-hardcore, experimental rock, art punk, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 55:11 | |||
| Label | Burning Heart | |||
| Producer | Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Refused | |||
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The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts is the third and final album released by Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, which was released in October 1998 through Burning Heart Records. The title of the album is a reference to Ornette Coleman's 1959 album The Shape of Jazz to Come and also a reference to the song by The Nation of Ulysses, "The Sound of Jazz to Come" from their album Plays Pretty for Baby, which itself references the Ornette Coleman song. The song title "Worms of the Senses" is an allusion to the long poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. Additionally, the song "Refused Are Fuckin Dead" is a reference to the Born Against song "Born Against Are Fuckin' Dead." Refused may have been influenced by both Born Against and Nation of Ulysses in terms of approach, dress, and ideology, although the sound and songwriting similarities have frequently been greatly emphasized.
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This album marked a sharp and conscious departure from Refused's earlier work. The philosophy of the album, expounded in the ample liner notes and encapsulated in the song "New Noise", was that punk and hardcore music could not be anti-establishment by continuing to package revolutionary lyrics in sounds which had been increasingly co-opted into the mainstream. The sound of the record presented a challenge to existing punk sensibilities; its sounds were 'punk' at a fundamental level, but worlds apart from pop punk bands such as Green Day and Blink-182, and even more traditional punk rock bands such as Bad Religion and Pennywise.
The album also uses the idea of "political interludes" between songs, reminiscent of the DC band The Nation of Ulysses. The use of more technological sounds or drum and bass music, particularly on the "New Noise" single/EP which followed the album, is a tactic that various members of Refused have credited to the influence of Philadelphia punk band Ink & Dagger.
In 2004, a DVD-Audio version of the album was released, remixed in 5.1-channel Surround Sound. Many of the songs have been compositionally altered, some significantly. "Bruitist Pome #5," for example, has been thoroughly reworked, while a seven-minute version of "Refused Are Fuckin Dead" jarringly transitions into a new second half, which incorporates elements of the Bombe Je Remix of the song. Other songs have received new intros or outros.
In addition to the 12 tracks of the original disc, the 2010 reissue is packaged with two bonus discs.[9]
Disc 2: Live at Umeå Open festival (April 3, 1998)
Disc 3: Refused Are Fucking Dead DVD
The Shape of Punk to Come personnel as listed in album liner notes.[10]
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