So CSH are a great band that put on great live shows and i recommend any fan of rock music check them out live. That being said... I just find it hard to get in to this album. Every song here seems like an inferior version compared to what I've heard on the albums and the Ivy cover (which I was looking forward to) comes off as a slow burn that fizzles out before anything exciting happens. IMO the best live albums do something to reinvent the band's studio material, but here it just feels like ... read more
This album is never more exciting than silence. It is occasionally more irritating than silence though
Do the ideas behind the album sometimes outpace the music? Sure. But Proto is still a glitchy, experimental blend of beats that pound like an electric heart and hyper-auto-tuned vocals that come together in like tribal hymns for robots
Best Tracks: Frontier, Eternal, Godmother
Worst Track: Bridge
Fantastic mix of lof-fi jazzy instrumentation and skillful rapping. Ritchie and Grogs bring different personalities to their bars but both have great flow and clever lyrics. Corey's production on here manages to create a chilled tone that is never the less very layered, and provides a great platform for the MCs