Refused

“Staying in between genres is what we’re trying to do. So we have to find a sound that works between the lines … that’s the trickiest thing”
— Kristofer Steen

winter is no joke. But Refused’s Kristofer Steen is literally laughing when he answers call on a late November afternoon. “The, was released just a month ago and it’s a — packed with 10 politically charged, swaggering anthems of genre-bending punk. The new record has also elicited comparisons to Refused’s 1998 game-changer, , on which the band weaved electronic, ambient and jazz elements into their adventurous hardcore sound.