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CMU Approved
Approved: The Agitator
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 6 January 2011
The one good thing about having the Conservatives in power is that people are angry again, and we might not have to look to Green Day for political commentary any more. Some are of the opinion that the new wave of political music will eventually come through dubstep, but someone who’s angry and doing something about it right now is singer-songwriter Derek Meins under the name The Agitator.
While his debut single in this guise, ‘Get Ready/Let’s Start Marching’, had more of a dance feel (and indeed included a dubstep remix), the follow-up ‘Give It All You Got’ follows the form of his live show – vocals, two drummers, nothing else. It’s a winning formula, mainly because Meins’ voice is so powerful and expressive, filling out the space that might otherwise be taken up by non-percussion instruments. And, of course, that voice has something to say.
