“Protomartyr tackle the disease of modernity on their fifth outing”
“On their fifth album, the Detroit post-punk band recruits a woodwind section for its most expansive statement yet.”
“The Detroit post-punk veterans offer their harshest statement yet on fifth LP”
“Detroit quartet Protomartyr recorded their fifth album last year. Not, at first sight, the most fascinating piece of information about Ultimate Success Today, but one that’s worth bearing in mind if you’re in the market for something faintly creepy. It happens first at the start of track two, Processed By the Boys. Drums, bass and distorted guitar hammer out a staccato riff, the guitar sound so t”
“Enough has been said about post-punk’s association with politics. It’s been explicit since its inception in the late 1970s: from the analytical fury of Gang of Four, to McCarthy’s bleak assessment of Thatcherism. Of course, albums define decades – they are the musical equivalent of history books. If the 1960s was the epoch of the protest song, then 2020 may be remembered by some as the year post-p”
“Protomartyr attempt a more climactic formula on Ultimate Success Today, with mixed results.”
