Album Review: Anti-Flag – 20/20 Vision
You can argue that it was almost inevitable that a beleaguered American president – whose voice opens this album, reminiscing wistfully about the days when protesters could be roughed up – and hoping to be re-elected would start trading missile attacks with his perceived enemies far away. At a time when the Western nations are sleepwalking back into lowest common denominator politics, subtlety and considered social narratives are lost amongst soundbite headlines and shouting. I mention this not for partisan purposes but to underline that there has probably never been a greater need for Pittsburgh PA’s Anti-Flag to bring their resolutely political message to the masses. They’ve been doing it since the tail end of the Reagan era, a time which now even hardcore progre...
