Refused Announce New Album: Listen to “Elektra” Here
Shortly after releasing The Shape of Punk to Come in 1998, Refused broke up, declaring: “Refused 
are fucking dead.” Following a quick reunion in 2012, the group disbanded once again.
Now, Refused is alive and well once again with plans to release a new album – Freedom – on June 30 through Epitaph.
“It’s not a reunion anymore. “This is one of the most radical things we’ve ever done, both musically and lyrically,” explains vocalist Dennis Lyxzén.
“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,” adds drummer David Sandström.
The first song to emerge from Freedom is “Elektra,” a track that was Nick Launay (Gang Of Four, Public Image Ltd., Nick Cave, and Arcade Fire.) It, as well as “366” was co-written by Shellback, a Swedish super-producer that has scored a bunch of number one hits on Billboard with the likes of Taylor Swift and Pink.
A limited edition of Freedom, which features a 28-page hardbound book, poster, plus gold foil stamping on the album cover, is available to pre-order now.
Listen to “Elektra” right here:
Tracklisting:
1. “Elektra”
2. “Old Friends / New War”
3. “Dawkins Christ”
4. “Françafrique”
5. “Thought Is Blood”
6. “War On The Palaces”
7. “Destroy The Man”
8. “366”
9. “Servants Of Death”
10. “Useless Europeans”
Tour Dates:
May 02 Grozerock, Meerhout, Belgium
May 22 Ruhrpott Roden Open Air Festival, Hünxe, Germany
May 24 Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling festival
May 25 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
May 26 West Hollywood, CA – The Roxy Theatre
May 28 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
May 29 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
May 30 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
May 31 Chicago, IL – Double Door
Jun 01 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Jul 02 Gdynia, Poland, Opener Festival
Jun 03 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Jun 04 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jun 05 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
Jun 20 Amnesia Rock Fest, Montebello, QC, Canada
Jun 27 Provinssi, Seinäjoki, Finland
Jul 02 Gdynia, Poland, Opener Festival
Jul 11 Rock im Ring Festival, Collalbo, Italy
Jul 16 Resurrection Fest, Viveiro, Spain
Jul 17 Slottsfjell, Tonsberg, Norway
Jul 18 Bukta Tromso Open Air Festival, Tromso, Norway
Jul 30 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park
Jul 31 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
Aug 01 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
Aug 02 Columbia, MA – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aug 04 Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Aug 05 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Aug 07 Toronto, ON – Ricoh Coliseum
Aug 28 Leeds Festival, UK
Aug 29 Pure & Crafted Festival, Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Aug 30 Reading Festival, UK
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