The Shape of Punk to Come

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The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts cover
Studio album by Refused
Released October 27, 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Hardcore punk
Post-hardcore
Experimental rock
Length 55:11
Label Burning Heart Records
Producer Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Refused
Professional reviews
Refused chronology
The Demo Compilation
(1997)		 The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation in 12 Bursts
(1998)

The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts was the final album released by Swedish hardcore punk band Refused before they split up. It was released in October 1998 (see 1998 in music) through Burning Heart Records. The title of the album is a reference to Ornette Coleman's 1959 album The Shape of Jazz to Come. It should also be noted that 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.

Contents

[edit] Overview

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 more political punk rock bands such as Bad Religion and Pennywise.

The album also took on 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.

[edit] Influence

The album's title ended up being largely prophetic, as it had widespread influence in the punk and hardcore communities. As evidence of this, many bands reference the work in some way. British band Million Dead took their name from a line in the final song "The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax". Manchester band Sonic Boom Six have also parodied the album name with their song "The Rape of Punk to Come" from the album Sounds to Consume, and Adequate Seven's first track on the album Songs of Innocence and Experience is called The Shape of Funk to Come. Power violence band United Nations have a song on their self titled album called "The Shape of Punk That Never Came", and Montreal punk band The Sainte Catherines named a track from Dancing for Decadence "The Shape of Drunks to Come." The Paramore song 'Born For This' also contains re-sung elements of 'Liberation Frequency'.

[edit] DVD-Audio version

In 2004, a DVD-Audio version of the album was released, remixed in 5.1-channel Surround Sound. Surprisingly, 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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull" – 7:05
  2. "Liberation Frequency" – 4:08
  3. "The Deadly Rhythm" – 3:34
  4. "Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine" – 4:01
  5. "Bruitist Pome #5" – 1:25
  6. "New Noise" – 5:08
  7. "The Refused Party Program" – 2:38
  8. "Protest Song '68" – 4:32
  9. "Refused Are Fucking Dead" – 5:08
  10. "The Shape of Punk to Come" – 5:06
  11. "Tannhäuser / Derivè" – 8:07
  12. "The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax" – 4:13

[edit] Notes

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