Protomartyr: Under Color Of Official Right (Vinyl LP)

Protomartyr's economical rock elicits comparisons to possible antecedents like Pere Ubu, Wire or The Fall as well as local contemporaries like Frustration or Tyvek (whose frontman Kevin Boyer played bass in an early iteration of Protomartyr).

Where 2012's No Passion All Technique favoured comparatively straight forward punk structures, Under Color, their second full length, and Hardly Art debut, 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.

1. Maidenhead
2. Ain't So Simple
3. Want Remover
4. Pagans
5. What The Wall Said
6. Tarpeian Rock
7. Bad Advice
8. Son Of Dis
9. Scum, Rise!
10. I Stare At Floors
11. Come & See
12. Violent
13. I'll Take That Applause