Refused has premiered two songs over the course of the past month. One was "Chippin' In" written for the new game Cyberpunk 2077, and the other was the song "Blood Red" that they've been playing live. We now know that "Blood Red" is from their coming album War Music, due out October 18, and will be the debut single which will drop on August 2. In the meantime, Refused has issued a statement regarding their political and musical philosophy in 2019.
"In the present moment, we who believe in the equal distribution of wealth in an egalitarian, ecological direct democracy, we who use gender-neutral pronouns and words like solidarity, moral responsibility, intersectionality and class warfare, we who believe in the Marxist dictum, 'from each according to ability, to each according to need' are on our back foot, on our backs, backed up against the wall, surrounded by enemies, our movement curtailed, our rights violated. It's been clear for some time: the sun is setting on our beliefs.
But we still believe that capitalism is cancer
and we still believe it can be cured.
We still believe that the patriarchy is cancer
and we still believe it too can be cured.
We still believe in the power of art to transform and expand the mind.
And last but by no means least:
We still believe in the total violent obliteration of the one percent.
Blood red until we're fucking dead.
Let's go."
Refused recently compared War Music to their landmark 1998 album The Shape Of Punk To Come, so we'll see how that statement holds up soon.
