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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Detroit post-punk band was recorded in one weekend by Bill Skibbe and Jessica Ruffins.
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- Record Label: Hardly Art
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Punk Revival, Punk-Pop
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| Let them be shot by gravity Thin the crowd Let them be shot by gravity Thin the crowd Fate rushing upwards Make their heads go pop Greedy bastards,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 17 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Apr 17, 2014This is the best punk rock record you’ll hear this year--never mind that it’s not wholly or even really a punk rock record.
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Apr 9, 2014Protomartyr has raised the bar high enough for any bands to follow, so high that most won’t even know it’s there.
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Apr 8, 2014The disjointed nature of Under Color’s thrust somehow catapults its enjoyability.
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Apr 21, 2014eedly bass, tumultuous drums and big, dirty guitars careen beneath Casey's deadpan delivery, building riotously enjoyable labyrinthine passages that lead to nowhere, though Protomartyr make the journey feel essential.
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Q MagazineApr 23, 2014More varied stylistically, it offers a powerful reflection of the band's consistently bleak worldview. [May 2014, p.116]
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May 23, 2014Encrypted menace, lonely tremolo, and herky-jerk rhythms abound on the Detroit quartet's second album.
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Apr 8, 2014There are tunes aplenty, making this second Protomartyr album a surprisingly pleasurable dose of swaggering anomie.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Oct 17, 2014
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