Episode 108
Refused – The Shape of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
June 8, 20181h 37mExplicit
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Show Notes
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