The press release says it all: “Refused Are Fucking Alive!” Can you scream?
The acclaimed Swedish hardcore band today released a new song, the blistering “Elektra”, and it’s the first taste of new album Freedom, out June 30 via Epitaph. Stream “Elektra” below, and peep the Freedom cover art.
Now that the reunions are out of the way and Refused are set to head out on a headlining tour and several dates with Faith No More, it was time to get down to the business of being a band again, says frontman Dennis Lyxzén.
“It’s not a reunion anymore,” Lyxzén warns in a statement. “This is one of the most radical things we’ve ever done, both musically and lyrically.
Refused’s last album was the groundbreaking 1998 record The Shape of Punk to Come.
Adds drummer David Sandström: “Nobody wanted us to fuck with the image of the band who makes a great album and splits up. Nobody wanted us to dilute it. That actually provoked us.”
Don’t provoke the bear.
Boston has two chances to see Refused this summer: June 1 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, then August 4 with Faith No More at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. Full dates are below between “Elektra” and the Freedom art.
Refused 2015 Tour Dates:
05-02 Meerhout, Belgium – Groezrock
05-22 Hünxe, Germany – Ruhrpott Rodeo Open Air Festival
05-24 Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival
05-25 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
05-26 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
05-28 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
05-29 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
05-30 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
05-31 Chicago, IL – Double Door
06-01 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
06-03 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
06-04 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
06-05 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
06-20 Montebello, Quebec – Amnesia Rockfest
06-27 Seinäjoki, Finland – Provinssi
07-02 Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
07-11 Collalbo, Italy – Rock am Ring
07-16 Viveiro, Spain – Resurrection Fest
07-17 Tønsberg, Norway – Slottsfjell
07-18 Tromso, Norway – Bukta Tromso Open Air Festival
07-30 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park *
08-01 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center *
08-02 Columbia, MA – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
08-04 Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion *
08-05 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
08-07 Toronto, Ontario – Ricoh Coliseum *
08-28 Leeds, England – Leeds Festival
08-29 Gräfenhainichen, Germany – Pure & Crafted Festival
08-30 Reading, England – Reading Festival
* with Faith No More
