Protomartyr
Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr formed in 2010, slowly bubbling up ou… Read Full Bio ↴Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr formed in 2010, slowly bubbling up out of a few bands in a tightly knit music scene. Guitarist Greg Ahee, bassist Scott Davidson, and drummer Alex Leonard started the caustic punk band Butt Babies in 2008, playing mostly dive bars and basements and eventually getting together a practice space in a large industrial warehouse. Ahee was working at the time as a doorman at Detroit's Gem Theater and struck up a conversation with co-worker Joe Casey about music and local friends Tyvek. Casey had never been in a band, but had accompanied Tyvek on a few of their tours. The two decided to jam; the first nebulous lineup of Protomartyr included Casey on vocals, Ahee and Leonard on their respective instruments, and Tyvek songwriter Kevin Boyer on bass. Boyer, often too busy with Tyvek commitments and a heavy work schedule, soon turned over his bass position to Davidson, opting instead to play second guitar whenever he could. The four- or sometimes five-piece Protomartyr played around Detroit and did toured regionally, gaining attention on the strengths of two early 7" singles and riveting live performances. Singles Dreads 85 84 and Colpi Proibiti were both released in 2012, followed by debut album No Passion All Technique later in the year. The album quickly sold out of its first pressing and continued to reach new ears in subsequent pressings as the band toured more and got more press. By this point, Boyer was more or less out of the picture, and the four-piece band tightened up even more, signing to Hardly Art for the release of 2014's Under Color of Official Right, a more exploratory sophomore album.
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Protomartyr Lyrics
3800 Tigers There’s 3800 tigers in this world But there’s far too…
580 Memories I used to believe We were burnin' on the edge of…
A Private Understanding Not by my own hand Automatic writing by phantom limb Not wit…
Ain't So Simple Hello there You are all now witnesses To a kind of confronta…
Bad Advice First it was induced Induced under color of official right …
Blues Festival Take it from somebody who knows There′s something coming up …
Boyce or Boice What have they wrought From screen to self? Electronic malfu…
Bridge & Crown Welcome to the Bridge & Crown Because we′re no farther down …
Caitriona They bathed me They clothed me Not in the dress I…
Come & See Have you heard the bad news? We been saved by the…
Corpses In Regalia From a high window I spied a pale brown thing Though…
Cowards Starve Suddenly I had the whip hand I've been waiting I'll get it r…
Day Without End I could not be reached No matter how Many times she repeats …
Don't Go to Anacita Against the sea, a hidden incorporated town That glows like …
Dope Cloud Agent intellect knocks and says "Again, again, again" The s…
Elimination Dances In the desert I was humbled Seeing what a thousand years…
Feast of Stephen Waking up on another day Last night′s mistake Sleeping in th…
For Tomorrow Plan for tomorrow Get up to go to sleep Too…
Fulfillment Center This is the story of Dismas and Dawn Two conceits…
Fun In Hi Skool Remember remember remember when things were good Remember r…
Graft Vs. Host In an empty room where love once was Sadness running…
Half Sister In ancient Palestine a Roman middle manager dresses down a…
Here Is The Thing Dread 2017 18 Air horn age Age of horn blowing Mental corksc…
How He Lived After He Died I'm gonna tell you a story About how it was When I'm…
I Am You Now Save your tears for end of the show Save labor for…
I Forgive You Ahhhh you Heretics, cheats Fifty misses deep, common thief D…
I Stare at Floors The day comes Same as before Goes out again Television a con…
I'll Take That Applause And I'll take that applause Because I deserve it The audienc…
In My Sphere In my sphere Dialogue Of precious Silver and gold In my sphe…
Jumbo's I will touch the screen no more I will not have…
June 21 Spotlight sweeping an empty stage For a prima ballerina that…
Let's Tip the Creator Talitha Cumi had the time of her life thrashing away…
Machinist Man The machinist man The night foreman The machinist man The ni…
Maidenhead она идет вниз офиса на улице холодно в квартире и что это…
Make Way Welcome to the hungry earth The living after life Where…
Male Plague Said it three times, guess I'll say it four Sad and…
Michigan Hammers From a pious west To the wooded north Where the real freaks…
Modern Business Hymns Once the tranqs had hit Sleeping mind, spazzed into the futu…
My Children To create, pass on, pass on pass on, create Create, pass on,…
Night-Blooming Cereus In the far desert On a distant blasted plain A…
Pagans Mero Met Livy in the line To drown the frog mouths In the…
Polacrilex Kid I'm back No more smoke just gum in my jaws or…
Pontiac 87 I recall seeing the pope Pontiac 1987 Money changing between…
Processed By The Boys When the ending comes, is it gonna run At us like…
Rain Garden The rain garden in the parking lot behind the Coney…
Same Face in a Different Mirror Same face in a different mirror Ugly is intact But now the…
Scum Rise! Why, I have the colors of Santa Claus, I put it…
The Aphorist We're all mowing esoteric patterns in the grass A fast and…
The Author Now I’m gonna tell you this one born upon a…
The Chuckler It meant a lot to me then, it matters less…
The Devil in His Youth Before recorded time In some suburban room, see The devil in…
The Hermit Sound the alarm Sky′s a swarm Not in my house Stabled up Lea…
Tranquilizer The pain, the pain Arrives again Wait for relief Under the t…
Trust Me Billy Holding onto a horsehead lighter Flick the bic and I seem…
Uncle Mother's This is an old folks party This is an old folks…
Up The Tower I gave him a cigarette So he opened up his head The…
Violent It was something that I read in a book About a…
Wait See a pair of fellas Rolling down a hill Punching the life…
Want Remover My friend flip Gave a gift to me: Oblong box Plastic made Mo…
We Know the Rats Could’ve happened to anyone They came in through the back…
What The Wall Said They will never ask you What the wall said To you in…
Wheel of Fortune A trick of heredity A zipcode a last name A cell…
why does it shake False happiness is on the rise See the victims piled high In…
Windsor Hum The sound that you're hearing across the river Saying, "eve…
Worm In Heaven So it's time to say goodbye I was never too keen…
You Always Win The moon is a former friend who no longer lights…