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17th solo album from the former Adverts frontman. If you want to correctly classify TV Smith in 2018, you’ll probably end up somewhere between Frank Turner and Billy Bragg. Tim Smith, as his real name is, started his career as a singer in the London punk scene and over the past few decades has established himself as an indestructible voice of the English working class. Today the 62-year-old is one of Britain’s most important political songwriters. His main concern is to say something against his broken country: against the power of politicians and corporations, against the gentrification in the inner cities and the increasing division in society. Two years after Brexit, voices like his are particularly important in Europe. TV Smith succeeds in ensuring that his protest songs don’t sound like protest songs at first glance. He often describes major political grievances on a small scale. He can play the snotty singer as well as the authentic storyteller. What always sets him apart is his special credibility. Sealed.