Paul Travers

KKKK

THE LOWDOWN: "Armed Love" is the sound of a band who've learned a few things. They know that while you're waiting for the flames of revolution to catch, you might as well be having a good time. That a good song is always a valuable commodity. And that style and insurrectionary fervour are not mutually exclusive things.

Not that Refused - vocalist Dennis Lyxzén's much-reverded previous band - were your typical monobrowed hardcore bludgeoneers. Their best and final album, "The Shape Of Punk To Come" was a fluid lesson in what the genre could be, but they were still all about raging against the machine. With The (I)NC, however, Lyxzén's performed the broadest hardcore sidestep since Anthony Civarelli went from hollering with Gorilla Biscuits to new wave grooveing with the underrated CIV.   Read Full Review >>