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Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
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Named
after
an
ancient
philosophical
questioning
of
how
the
mind
operates
in
relation
to
the
self,
it’s
an
elegant
and
often
devastating
display
of
all
that
makes
Protomartyr
so
vital
and
singularly
visceral
an
outfit.
Over
the
course
of
several
months,
Greg
Ahee
waded
through
more
than
a
hundred
song
fragments
until
he
reached
the
bottomless
melodies
of
“I
Forgive
You”
and
“Clandestine
Time”,
the
inky
depths
of
“Pontiac
’87”
and
titanic
churn
of
“Why
Does
It
Shake?”
Lyrically,
Casey
is
at
his
most
confident
and
haunting.
He
humanizes
evil
on
“The
Devil
in
His
Youth,”
and,
amid
the
charred
pop
of
“Dope
Cloud,”
he
reassures
us
that
nothing—not
God,
not
money—can
or
will
prevent
our
minds
from
unraveling
until
we
finally
fade
away.
We
are
no
one
and
nothing,
he
claims,
without
our
thoughts.
It’s
a
theme
that
echoes
through
the
entirety
of
the
record,
but
never
as
beautifully
as
it
does
on
“Ellen.”
Named
after
his
mother
and
written
from
the
perspective
of
his
late
father,
it’s
as
romantic
a
song
as
you’re
likely
to
hear
this
or
any
year,
Casey
promising
to
wait
for
her
on
the
other
side,
with
the
memories
she’s
lost
safely
in
hand.
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