Refused – The Shape of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts

We discuss the history of this influential record in light of the band's breakup and subsequent reformation. We also examine their rhetoric of anti-capitalism in relation to the production and distribution of this album.

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• The Shape of Punk to Come
• Plays Pretty For Baby
• The Lipstick Game
• Turn
• Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Additional Resources:

• Refused New Noise Spawns Nu Shame
• Fauteux, B. (2012). “New Noise” versus the Old Sound: Manifestos and The Shape of Punk to Come. Popular Music & Society, 35(4), 465. doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.578523
• REFUSED's 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' To Be Released As A Deluxe Edition - Apr. 7, 2010
• Refused – “The Shape of Punk to Come”
• WHY 'THE SHAPE OF PUNK TO COME' WAS WRONG
• Refused is making a new album 17 years after The Shape of Punk to Come
• Refused Are Fucking Dead (The Last Official Press Release)
• REFUSED: Pop Songs for the Revolution