ProtomartyrBest Protomartyr Albums Ranked

Relatives in Descent

loudandquiet

10

“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

thelineofbestfit

9.0

“Protomartyr firmly establish themselves as some of Detroit’s finest with Formal Growth In The Desert”

Formal Growth in the Desert

loudandquiet

9.0

“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”

Ultimate Success Today

thelineofbestfit

9.0

“Protomartyr tackle the disease of modernity on their fifth outing”

Relatives in Descent

thelineofbestfit

9.0

“Protomartyr are no longer slaves to the post-punk revolution”

The Agent Intellect

pitchfork

8.2

“The third album from Detroit post-punk outfit Protomartyr ups the ante considerably from the first two. Their grim but compelling songs highlight a place where violence hovers constantly at the periphery, where peace and hope gradually curdle and turn ugly, and the desperate people who once clung to them eventually fall prey to their worst impulses.”