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|genre=*[[Post-punk]]
*[[art punk]]
*[[no wave]]|length=14:11|label=[[Domino Recording Company]]|producer=Protomartyr|prev_title=[[Relatives in Descent]]|next_title=|prev_year=2017|next_year=}}
'''''Consolation''''' is an EP released by the American band [[Protomartyr (band)|Protomartyr]] in 2018. It is their third EP and features [[Kelley Deal]] on two of its four tracks.<ref name=":0"></ref> It was released to critical acclaim from several sources.<ref></ref>
== Content ==
Mark Deming of ''[[AllMusic]]'' described the EP as a "powerful and forbidding marriage of dynamic guitar-based rock and impassioned [[Beat Generation|beat]]-inspired lyrics that painted a vivid portrait of a chaotic world."<ref name=":1"> Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "Protomartyr’s new ''Consolation'' EP" writes [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']]'s Jenn Pelly, "continues the discernibly politicized streak of ''Relatives in Descent''—which also touched on [[Trumpism]] and [[Flint water crisis|Flint]], Michigan’s water crisis."<ref name=":0" />
The first half of the EP consists of two songs composed by Protomartyr themselves. The opener "Wait" "rumbles and bursts with the crescendoing ring of an alarm clock."<ref name=":0" /> The chorus of the track has been described as "anthemic"<ref name=":0" /> and has been compared to [[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] (Micheal James Hall cites the track as proof of the band's influence on contemporary "vital artists" such as [[Shame (band)|Shame]] and [[Idles (band)|Idles]].)<ref name=":2"></ref> Casey's lyrics on it have been described as "relatively abstracted verses, with lines about “a pair of fellas…punching the life out of each other” and “ironic T-shirts wet with blood.”"<ref name=":0" /> “Same Face in a Different Mirror” has been described as "atmospheric [[post-punk]]" and compared to [[Joy Division]].<ref></ref> Deming called it "that rare number from this band that expresses something approaching hope",<ref name=":1" /> a sentiment echoed in part by Hall who wrote that the track "staggers, swaggering and sputtering, slyly slipping in unmistakable melodies and the odd moment of kindness."<ref name=":2" /> Pelly described the track's theme as "a rumination on stagnant, grim parts of society coming into focus".<ref name=":0" />
The second half of the EP consists of two songs featuring [[Kelley Deal]]. The first one, "Wheel of Fortune", was co-written by Deal and released as a single before the EP's release. The track begins with an "anxiety-inducing guitar squeal [which] gives way to a [[gothic]] [[Fairy tale|fairytale]], warped Disney soundscape" and has been described as "a world-ender of a song, batting away the horror with one hand, drawing it closer to the heart with the other."<ref name=":2" />
== Track Listing ==
All tracks written by Protomartyr except track 3 co-written with [[Kelley Deal]]:<ref name=":3"></ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|1
|"Wait"
|2:10
|-
|2
|"Same Face in a Different Mirror"
|2:48
|-
|3
|"Wheel of Fortune"
|5:16
|-
|4
|"You Always Win"
|3:57
|}
== Personnel & Credits ==
Adapted from [[Discogs]]:<ref name=":3" />
* Bass Clarinet – Evan Ziporyn
* Cello – Lori Goldston
* Drums – Alex Leonard
* Guitar – Scott Davidson
* Photography – Davidde Stella
* Producer – Protomartyr
* Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Mike Montgomery
* Synth, Piano, Guitar – Greg Ahee
* Viola – Jocelyn Hach
* Vocals – Joe Casey
* Written By – Kelley Deal (track 3), Protomartyr
*[[art punk]]
*[[no wave]]|length=14:11|label=[[Domino Recording Company]]|producer=Protomartyr|prev_title=[[Relatives in Descent]]|next_title=|prev_year=2017|next_year=}}
'''''Consolation''''' is an EP released by the American band [[Protomartyr (band)|Protomartyr]] in 2018. It is their third EP and features [[Kelley Deal]] on two of its four tracks.<ref name=":0"></ref> It was released to critical acclaim from several sources.<ref></ref>
== Content ==
Mark Deming of ''[[AllMusic]]'' described the EP as a "powerful and forbidding marriage of dynamic guitar-based rock and impassioned [[Beat Generation|beat]]-inspired lyrics that painted a vivid portrait of a chaotic world."<ref name=":1"> Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "Protomartyr’s new ''Consolation'' EP" writes [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']]'s Jenn Pelly, "continues the discernibly politicized streak of ''Relatives in Descent''—which also touched on [[Trumpism]] and [[Flint water crisis|Flint]], Michigan’s water crisis."<ref name=":0" />
The first half of the EP consists of two songs composed by Protomartyr themselves. The opener "Wait" "rumbles and bursts with the crescendoing ring of an alarm clock."<ref name=":0" /> The chorus of the track has been described as "anthemic"<ref name=":0" /> and has been compared to [[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] (Micheal James Hall cites the track as proof of the band's influence on contemporary "vital artists" such as [[Shame (band)|Shame]] and [[Idles (band)|Idles]].)<ref name=":2"></ref> Casey's lyrics on it have been described as "relatively abstracted verses, with lines about “a pair of fellas…punching the life out of each other” and “ironic T-shirts wet with blood.”"<ref name=":0" /> “Same Face in a Different Mirror” has been described as "atmospheric [[post-punk]]" and compared to [[Joy Division]].<ref></ref> Deming called it "that rare number from this band that expresses something approaching hope",<ref name=":1" /> a sentiment echoed in part by Hall who wrote that the track "staggers, swaggering and sputtering, slyly slipping in unmistakable melodies and the odd moment of kindness."<ref name=":2" /> Pelly described the track's theme as "a rumination on stagnant, grim parts of society coming into focus".<ref name=":0" />
The second half of the EP consists of two songs featuring [[Kelley Deal]]. The first one, "Wheel of Fortune", was co-written by Deal and released as a single before the EP's release. The track begins with an "anxiety-inducing guitar squeal [which] gives way to a [[gothic]] [[Fairy tale|fairytale]], warped Disney soundscape" and has been described as "a world-ender of a song, batting away the horror with one hand, drawing it closer to the heart with the other."<ref name=":2" />
== Track Listing ==
All tracks written by Protomartyr except track 3 co-written with [[Kelley Deal]]:<ref name=":3"></ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|1
|"Wait"
|2:10
|-
|2
|"Same Face in a Different Mirror"
|2:48
|-
|3
|"Wheel of Fortune"
|5:16
|-
|4
|"You Always Win"
|3:57
|}
== Personnel & Credits ==
Adapted from [[Discogs]]:<ref name=":3" />
* Bass Clarinet – Evan Ziporyn
* Cello – Lori Goldston
* Drums – Alex Leonard
* Guitar – Scott Davidson
* Photography – Davidde Stella
* Producer – Protomartyr
* Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Mike Montgomery
* Synth, Piano, Guitar – Greg Ahee
* Viola – Jocelyn Hach
* Vocals – Joe Casey
* Written By – Kelley Deal (track 3), Protomartyr
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