ProtomartyrBest Protomartyr Albums Ranked
7.9
Avg Score
40
Opinions
7
Albums
11
Reviewers
Summary from 40 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Protomartyr’s catalog across 7 albums from 40 opinions, with an overall average of 7.9/10. The top-rated Protomartyr album is Relatives in Descent (2017) with a 8.4/10 average from 8 ratings, followed by Formal Growth in the Desert and Ultimate Success Today. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2014 to 2023. Scum, Rise! ranks as the highest-rated Protomartyr song on Rate.fm with a 8.1/10 average.
Relatives in Descent
“In coming from a bankrupt city as dramatic as Detroit, Protomartyr attract one prevailing, flimsy comment – how their dejected-sounding post-punk could only come from that deserted place. Iggy & The Stooges are thrown in to bolster the idea even though it pulls it apart when you consider how Protomatyr’s music is so wiry and dry and clearly more at home in 1970s Manchester. Comparisons to The Fall”
Formal Growth in the Desert
“Protomartyr firmly establish themselves as some of Detroit’s finest with Formal Growth In The Desert”
Formal Growth in the Desert
“Subscribers to L&Q get an exclusive Protomartyr flexi disc with this month’s issue of the magazine. Find out more here. Protomartyr have now released six albums, but ‘The Author’, the penultimate track on their latest, Formal Growth In The Desert, must be their tenderest moment to date. Stripped of esoteric references, double speak or adoptive voices, it’s an ode to singer Joe Casey’s now-decease”