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UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHTHARDLY ARTFormat: CD Cata No: HAR081CD Barcode: 098787308129 Format: LP Cata No: HAR081 Barcode: 098787308112 |
| **VINYL REPRESSED AND IN STOCK**In a city full of brilliant people with dead-end jobs and dampened by bitter-cold winters, playing music offers a cheap outlet. Protomartyr’s taut, austere rock was incubated in a freezing Detroit warehouse littered with beer cans and cigarette butts and warmed, feebly,by space heaters. Short songs made for short practices, and the band learned quickly not to waste time. Despite the cold, Protomartyr emerged with a sound that is idiosyncratic but relatable, hooky but off-kilter. Protomartyr’s economical rock elicits comparisons to possible antecedents like Pere Ubu or The Fall as well as local contemporaries like Frustrations or Tyvek (whose frontman Kevin Boyer played bass in an early iteration of Protomartyr). Singer Joe Casey’s dry declarative snarl serves as a reliable anchor, granting his bandmates — guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard and bassist Scott Davidson — the opportunity to explore textures and reinforce the rhythm section. This is never more apparent than on the band’s sophomore LP and Hardly Art debut, Under Color of Official Right. Where 2012’s No Passion All Technique favored comparatively straightforward punk structures, Under Color takes a more exploratory approach. “Tarpeian Rock” places punk vitriol against a minimalist backing and “Scum, Rise!” casts shadows with guitars that alternately chime and clang. The cheap outlet, crafted by cold hands in a poorly insulated practice space has, perhaps unwittingly, become a model of Motor City efficiency. And, more than that, it’s produced a stunner of a sophomore album. |
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| ADULT LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS THIRD MAN RECORDS | |
| BED WETTIN' BAD BOYS ROT AGITATED / R.I.P. SOCIETY | |
| BLACK LIPS THIS SICK BEAT CHIMERA MUSIC | |
| DES DEMONAS S/T IN THE RED | |
| DUDE YORK HALFTIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HARDLY ART | |
| KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS THIRD MAN RECORDS | |
| KILLING JOKE BOOK: TWILIGHT OF THE IMMORTALS PC PRESS | |
| KLAUS JOYNSON & THE TYPE 40 NEW ADVENTURES IN TIME & SPACE 12 SONGS FOR 12 DOCTORS K.ULTRAX | |
| OLAFUR ARNALDS EULOGY FOR EVOLUTION 2017 ERASED TAPES | |
| PANDIT PRAN NATH THE RAGA CYCLE, PALACE THEATRE, PARIS 1972 VOL: 2 SRI MOONSHINE MUSIC | |
| PROTOMARTYR UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHT HARDLY ART | |
| PROTOMARTYR THE AGENT INTELLECT HARDLY ART | |
| SUICIDE FIRST REHEARSAL TAPES SUPERIOR VIADUCT | |
| THE SHE'S ALL FEMALE ROCK AND ROLL QUARTET EMPTY CELLAR | |
| THE SLOWEST LIFT S/T VHF | |
| THE SOAP OPERA READY TO HATCH AMPLE PLAY | |
| U2 THE BLACKOUT THIRD MAN RECORDS | |