Best new release: Protomartyr’s Under Color of Official Right

Like fellow post-punk revivalists Parquet Courts, Protomartyr adds its modern musical touch to its songs without completely reinventing the wheel. On its new album, Under Color of Official Right, Detroit-based Protomartyr brings an intensity to its music, which at times sounds like Joy Division and others times is reminiscent of the Fall (like on the song Scum, Rise! in the above video).

Protomartyr is scheduled to play a Lincoln Hall show with Cloud Nothings May 3.

 

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