I Can't "Keep Quiet".

Yesterday was September 8th, 2009. And for all of you hardcore nerds, dorks, and geeks, that meant only one thing. The release of the new Protomen album "The Father of Death." Don't get me wrong, I like most of my hygienically challenged brethren was awake all night waiting for that magic circle on my wall to have both of those skinny arms pointed directly at 12.

But when the time came, and I and 2 of my closest friends gathered around to listen, I couldn't help but feel, lied to. Everything I had seen in Demos and Singles indicated a very different sound for their new album. Don't gt me wrong I like the album, it just doesn't sound like the Protomen I know and love. I didn't need a big Horn section added to your band, nor did I need your cheesy David Bowie impressions. I liked you as you were. Needless to say I was a little disappointed.

But you know, the more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. I like it more and more each time around. The album starts out slowly, with a brief "Intermission" between act 1 and act 2. This only makes sense. It adds to the feeling that you are watching this on stage. The second and third track are nothing spectacular. I was very excited when "Father of Death" came on, but it has been changed so much and in such drastic ways that it doesn't deliver the way it should. "The Good Doctor" is well done if you can get passed the cheesy lyrics and a singer who is obviously uncomfortable singing those low notes.

When "The Hounds" started the first time, I felt like people should be be dancing in front of me. It sounds like a swing tune to me. Don't get me wrong, it may be the best track on the album, but my first time it seemed awkward. However, it an extremely well written and performed piece and I love it more and more each time I hear it. This song really picked up to the album for me. And although "How the World Fell into Darkness" is a good track, the album's next high point isn't until "Keep Quiet." An absolutely astounding song, that is so epic it transcends this mortal's comprehension. I could be mowing the lawn listening to this song, and I would feel like I was battling evil with every small green adversary that I slew. I really wish the rest of their album was this good.

Was I lied to? Yes, I think I was. But yet, I feel as though they were lying like a Wife tells her husband that "No dear, we aren't throwing you a surprise birthday party." I was a little put off at first, but I realize that this album has potential, it only gets better every time I hear it.

"I made the man that laid his hands on you. And I would tear him down but I feel like a dead man. What can a dead man do?"