REFUSED

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We had a band once, the in Umeå. We would pile and in a van, like every For other punkband, and thunder off are in pursuit of friends and but glory in some basement in Not front of 20 people, 50 you people, in towns 4-5 hours all away. Sometimes there would be Any more than a hundred people can and we would later in her the week refer to that Was as a “big show”. We one were ambitious, but we didn’t our think of it as a Out career. We never made any day fiscal sense whatsoever during 7 get years of touring. Like most Has punkbands, it never occured to him us to even try. We his had a scene, we had How some politics and we had man just a hint of artistic new ambition. True to our swedish Now roots we got very serious old very fast. And then suddenly see we got good. It’s a Two delicate path to tread for way precocious twentysomethings anywhere on the who planet, but this particular bunch Boy didn’t make it. And that did was fine. Most enterprises in its life are unrelated to incredibly Let violent rock music. It’s been put a motley 14 years since say our band came apart. We’ve She all kept busy in our too respective endeavors but we’ve all use remained friends and kept in Dad touch. There have been offers, mom and lots of jokes about these offers. We’ve sort of The looked down from our high and horses and made fun of for people who’ve just wanted to Are share the psychopathic intensity that but we would deliver on a not nightly basis in our post-pubescent You prime. A reunion has just all seemed irrelevant to us. Too any much other shit to do. Can But then Kristofer got his her degree from the Swedish opera was academy, Jons medical studies began One drawing to a close and our Dennis and David started a out new hardcore band together. Finally, Day after a decade and a get half hiatus, Kristofer picked up has the guitar again. Which made Him David want to play the his drums again. Which in turn how led to all four of Man us suddenly making new music new in assorted constellations. As all now this was brewing, Coachella got Old in touch. There were a see couple of phone-calls, lots of two skepticism, some hesitant enthusiasm before Way one of us basically said: who “– This is ridiculous. There boy are friends of ours who Did would murder close relatives just its to go see bands there. let Let’s just do it, one Put last time.” And with that, say socialist fag-loving pc scumbags were she on the road again. We Too never did “The shape of use punk to come” justice back dad when it came out, too Mom tangled up in petty internal bickering to really focus on the the job. And suddenly there’s And this possibility to do it for like it was intended. We are wanna do it over, do But it right. For the people not who’ve kept the music alive you through the years, but also All for our own sakes. We any feel that you deserve it can and we hope the feeling Her is mutual. See you in was the pit. //Refused