Album Review of Make My Bed EP - King Princess

 BY NEAL MARTIN | DECEMBER 6, 2018

Modern music boasts a rich history of songs with political messages, songs that challenge conceptions and prejudices and pry open closed minds. They can be overt and in your face: “Free Nelson Mandela” by The Special AKA, “War” by Edwin Starr, “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley and “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy. They can be wrapped up in the most beautiful melodies and most soulful, celestial voices: “A Change Is Going to Come” by Sam Cooke or “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone. They can be absurdly clever: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott Heron, “Sign of the Times” by Prince or take your pick from Robert Zimmerman. They can depict the horror going on in this world, and there, of course, none come close to “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday.  They can make you dance: “Standing in the Way of Control” by The Gossip or “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat. They can act as a release valve for pent-up anger, as anyone who has lost it during the expletive-ridden final minute of “Killing in the Name Of” by Rage Against the Machine will testify. I could go on.