The revolution might not be televised, but that isn’t going to stop it from having a kick-ass soundtrack. It’s a statement that has applied to Swedish hardcore firebrands Refused ever since they first emerged in the ‘90s in a flurry of righteous political anger and some of the most forward-thinking punk rock ever written. In 2019, a time when it feels like rock music has become more in touch with the real world than ever before, their vitriol feels even more necessary. On this second album since their reformation in 2014 there is, then, a large weight on their shoulders. ‘One more revolution my love / Once more through the fire,’ sings guest vocalist and Swedish singer/songwriter Mariam The Believer as REV001 lights the fuse. The sentiment is fitting, even if her ethereal delivery is ...
