You know, it's not that I was avoiding them but I had the impression all this time that they were a Worthy American Indie Rock Band From the Heartland or the like and so I was mostly thinking "Hm, yeah, I guess I'll check them out one of these days I guess." Then the main guy at my local coffee place was raving about "Processed By the Boys" yesterday and played it at me and I was all "Oh...wait they're angry goths without the makeup." And that I'm very good with.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Well, the do lack on the melody department. Closer to spoken word sometimes (Mark E Smith anyone?)
― nostormo, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 5:17 PM (one month ago)
The Melody Department would be a good name for a band (not this band though)
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
The drumming is great but also the main reason they sometimes make me think of The National lately. Nice to see a musician note a Wild Beasts influence.
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
I've always felt a strong similarity w/ The National re: drumming, too. I'm only really super-familiar with Alligator but I feel like at least on that record, the deceptively simple-sounding, propulsive rhythms that are super minimal but still somehow function as the lead instrument in the band (to my ears, anyway) have always been what Protomartyr's drums remind me of.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 3 September 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
have we talked enough about what a great lyricist Joe Casey is?
― alpine static, Friday, 13 November 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
we have not. I went looking for a juicy quote from Ultimate Success Today but half the fun really is in his delivery.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 14 November 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
When the ending comes, is it gonna run at us like a wild-eyed animal?A foreign disease washed upon the beachA dagger plunged from out of the shadowsA cosmic grief beyond all comprehensionAll good laid low by outside evilAgainst belief, a riot in the streetsA giant beast turning mountains into black holesFiction! Fiction!No, none of that, rolling in your headsReality has a far duller edge
― alpine static, Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:11 (three years ago) link
I recall seeing the popePontiac 1987Money changing between handsOutside the SilverdomeAfterwords a riot brokeOld folks turned brutishTrampling their way out the gatesTowards heaven
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
One of my very favorite songs (even after I realized that it reminds me of Interpol)
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
it has already been posted above but this is an all-time lmao:
There's the failed lawyer haunting teen-punk showsHe'll explain his top 5 for 09 and what to eatBut, if you ever saw his bald-skull headYou'd be certain he'd been dead for weeksAnd that's the story of the happy thief who provided contentTo that ceaseless chill-out stream
And that's the story of the happy thief who provided contentTo that ceaseless chill-out stream
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― alpine static, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
Universal Success Whatever is easily their worst record. Lacks the mystery. And the tunes. I love this band. It's like when you get tired of your favorite sandwich.
― JackMyFruit, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 07:17 (two years ago) link
All of a sudden they're not a puzzle.
― JackMyFruit, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
Jack My Fruit. Now motherfucker. Or else.
― JackMyFruit, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 07:29 (two years ago) link
new album in June! first single, "Make Way"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc2bqR33RNM
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:40 (one year ago) link
Good to hear. Was a little worried about the guy after a pandemic interview where he seemed really down about being stuck home.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
feels like the new album kind of snuck out, haven't really seen any reviews or reactions. i like it, seems like they're stretching their boundaries a bit in terms of songwriting and arrangements while still sounding like protomartyr
― na (NA), Monday, 5 June 2023 15:09 (ten months ago) link
Keep wanting to say something like “wow that run from Polacrilex to Rain Garden is an amazing expansion of their sound” but then I’d be leaving out the other half of the record lol
― KPH, Monday, 5 June 2023 22:32 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, I really like this one a lot.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 21:50 (nine months ago) link
i'm in
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:19 (nine months ago) link