Erin McKeown: Manifestra
Holly Gleason, Paste, 15 January 2013
WITH A LOUCHE SAUNTER and a thick, descending ripple of horn punctuations, Erin McKeown opens her first self-released album with a high-ironic colonic that skewers double-dealing public servants with their flaccid protest "If nobody knows, tell me what’s the crime?" Brazen, thick cocktail jazz, 'The Politician' declares protest music doesn’t have to be strident, acoustic or boring.
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