According to Brooklynvegan.com, Refused named their classic 1998 album, The Shape of Punk to Come, after Ornette Coleman’s 1959 free jazz classic The Shape of Jazz to Come. And now, Refused members Dennis Lyxzén (vocals), Magnus Flagge (Bass) and David Sandström (drums) have formed their own free jazz band called Backengrillen.
In the following statement, the band says: “Backengrillens music is a paean to chaos and destruction. The basic idea is to take a death/doom metal, or noiserock riff and play it until it loses meaning and then break it apart like a ravenous cat would a tiny forest mouse. It’s filled to the brim with the self-hatred endemic to the province of Västerbotten from whence the member’s hail. The record was written on a Thursday during their first ever rehearsal, performed live on a Friday and recorded on a Saturday, so what you’re hearing is raw, stupid, gut instinct music played by seasoned purveyors of hardcore punk, metal, free jazz, noise et cetera. Record no 2 is in the making, less stupid, more ugly. Stay tuned and fuck the pigs.”
Also, Backengrillen has shared the first single/opening track, “A Hate Inferior”, which is a 10-minute punk-jazz excursion with skronky sax freakouts from Mats Gustafsson, screams from Dennis Lyxzén, heavy distortion and more. The band cites The Cramps, Little Richard, Albert Ayler, Polly Bradfield, Entombed, John Zorn, Misfits, Stooges, Lars Gullin, and Can as influences.
Backengrillen Track List
1. A Hate Inferior
2. Dör för långsamt
3. Repeater II
4. Backengrillen
5. Socialism or Barbarism
Photo Credit: Owen Ela
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