Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today | Album

Protomartyr "Ultimate Success Today" (2020)

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Domino, UK, 2020, WIGLP464, 0887828046416, First Issue, Incl. "Your Lucky Numbers" Booklet Insert, Digital Download

Ultimate Success Today is the Fifth studio album from Detroit based post-punk band Protomartyr, released in 2020. Right out the gate the track "Processed by the Boys" hooks you with it’s unbelievably infectious guitars and shimmering percussion. the track showcases just about everything great about this album in one 5 minute package, with a guitar riff that will stick with you for a long time, and it serves as a perfect canvas for the spiral of other ideas that are plastered on top of it. It’s got some awesome melodies layered within it’s repetitive and aggressive nature, some that will take you off guard and squeeze their way into your brain for days after you’ve turned the song off. The jazz instrumentation that pops in and out later on into the song adds to its vibrancy and gives it a bit of warmth, which is starkly contrasted by Joe Casey’s vocals and lyrics. With lines like “Fill out the form, download the app, submit your face into the scanner”, Casey snarls and shouts his way into your mind in a way that not only raises the sonic energy of the record but also makes you think. Altogether, this song showcases all the best reasons as to why this band has got a winning recipe on their hands with this record.

Artist Website: protomartyrband.com

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