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Refused Release Second Single Off New Record

Staff Writer

The iconic Swedish punks release 'Françafrique'

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If you need more convincing that Refused are not only alive and well but back to their former glory, the seminal act have released the second single off their upcoming album.

Françafrique is the new tune from the Swedish punk icons, and follows on from April’s announcement that their new record, Freedom, would be dropping in June.

The new record will be the band’s first new full-length since 1998's game-changing album The Shape Of Punk To Come, and the two tracks that have been released from it promise big things.

17 years is a long time to wait for new music, but they definitely haven’t lost their spark: