Kevin Devine - Instigator (Procrastinate! Music Traitors) 2016
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There are many that do what Kevin Devine does, but Instigator is yet the proof that few do it anywhere near as well. Produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) and released via Brand New’s Procrastinate! Music Traitors label, Instigator is Devine’s ninth full-length album and is undoubtedly his most raw and artistically revealing work to date. Personal in every single way, Instigator is also a sharp and enlightening look about the whole messy direction the world is going to. From the current US Presidential election to climate change, from the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore police officers back in 2015 to the global social injustice, Instigator is exactly that, an album that totally instigates to push forward the listener and to dig deeper into several and serious issues. Extraordinarily sane and deeply intelligent. Simply magnificent!