Manifestra
- Erin McKeown
- Band Name: Erin McKeown
- Record Label: TVP Records
- Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
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Jan 15, 201380McKeown's seventh studio album is as bold and determined as anything in her repertoire, but it never sacrifices musicality for message, resulting in a taut, compact, and engaging set of 21st century urban folk songs that invites the listener into the fold before unleashing its directive.
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Jan 16, 201370This is an urgent recording, not a pop classic like We Will Become Like Birds, but a rhythmically vital message that uses a smaller set of sounds to create a gripping band sound to support an interesting and worthy point of view.
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Jan 15, 201385Smarter pop? Seductive commentary? REALLY? Yes.
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Jan 15, 201380Just about every note and lyric on Erin McKeown's Manifestra is a step away from the norm. Yet the songs are so beguiling you can't help but follow.
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Jan 15, 201360She's an oblique writer and arranger, though, often interesting, never predictable.