Protomartyr - Ultimate Success TodayUltimate Success Today is Protomartyr's fifth album. Following the release of Relatives In Descent, the bands critically acclaimed headlong dive into the morass of American life in 2017, Ultimate Success Today continues to further expand the possibilities of what a Protomartyr album can sound like. Protomartyr is Joe Casey (vocals), Greg Ahee (guitars), Alex Leonard (drums), and Scott Davidson (bass guitar). Ultimate Success Today was recorded at

Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Pogues

over the decades

reverb-soaked mojo that drives the classic Memphis rockabilly

And like many songs here

' there's a gauzy

You may recall that Surfer Blood were quite the breakout band of 2009: in the midst of their own 10 gig marathon at New York's CMJ Pitchfork took one look at their 'Astro Coast' debut on Kanine and praised its "lo-fl clangor

many of these wonderful records were released in tiny numbers

They‰۪ve broken up

and accompanied by a few musicians including Haruomi Hosono and Pecker

written and arranged by Washington

Available to independent retailers on blue coloured heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with digital download card