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Refused have shared the video for their latest track 'Dawkins Christ', which you can watch below.
'Dawkins Christ' is taken from the band’s forthcoming album Freedom, which is set for release on June 30 via Epitaph. This will be the band’s first new album in 17 years, serving as the follow-up to their 1998 release The Shape Of Punk To Come.
"The title [Dawkins Christ] refers to the famous biologist whose atheist theology has inspired a semi-cult who in turn sees him as a messianic figure, an irony that partly inspired the lyrics,” drummer David Sandström said of the song in a press release. “The music draws from the film scores of Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone as well as pre-Reign in blood Slayer."
Watch ‘Dawkins Christ’ by Refused below:
Freedom was produced by Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Gang Of Four, Kate Bush, Nick Cave), while Shellback (a Swedish producer who has previously written for acts including Britney Spears, Taylor Swift and Pink) helped out on tracks ‘Elektra’ and ‘366’.
The tracklisting for Freedom is:
Elektra
Old Friends / New War
Dawkins Christ
Françafrique
Thought Is Blood
War on the Palaces
Destroy the Man
366
Servants of Death
Useless Europeans
Refused will be playing the following shows. For tickets and information, click here.
June 20 – Montebello, QC, Canada, Amnesia Rock Fest
June 27 – Seinäjoki, Finland, Provinssi
July 2 – Gdynia, Poland, Open'er Festival
July 11 – Collalbo, Italy, Rock im Ring Festival
July 16 – Viveiro, Spain, Resurrection Fest
July 17 – Tonsberg, Norway, Slottsfjell
July 18 – Tromso, Norway, Bukta Tromso Open Air Festival
July 30 – Atlanta, GA, Masquerade Music Park *
July 31 – Raleigh, NC, Red Hat Amphitheater *
August 1 – Philadelphia, PA, Mann Center *
August 2 – Columbia, MA, Merriweather Post Pavilion *
August 4 – Boston, MA, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion *
August 5 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden *
August 7 – Toronto, ON, Ricoh Coliseum *
August 28 – Bramham, UK, Leeds Festival
August 29 – Gräfenhainichen, Germany, Pure & Crafted Festival
August 30 – Reading, UK, Reading Festival
* with Faith No More
