Consolation

EPJun 15 / 20184 songs, 14m 7s
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7.7 / 10

The four-song EP from the Michigan post-punk band features Kelley Deal of the Breeders and some of the most pointed and impactful songwriting of their career.

8 / 10

With this new EP, Detroit post-punks shed new light on their unmistakable sound

Their prowess at channeling darkness into something cathartic has never been stronger.

Protomartyr's fourth full-length album, Relatives in Descent, was one of the finest releases of 2017, a powerful and forbidding marriage of dynamic guitar-based rock and impassioned beat-inspired lyrics that painted a vivid portrait of a chaotic world.

Protomartyr's high standard continues on Consolation E.P. proving they still have plenty of gas left in the tank following 2017's Relatives in Descent.

8 / 10

After releasing a split single with legendary Breeders guitarist Kelley Deal's newer band, R. Ring, in 2015, Detroit post-punks Protomartyr...

8.0 / 10

On Consolation E.P. Detroit scum-rockers Protomartyr collaborate for the second time with R. Ring members Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery to create a four-song Black-Lodge-dream of personal and political apocalypse.

8 / 10

Protomartyr's new EP, Consolation, extends the the punishing awe of 2017's stupendous Relatives in Descent.

7.5 / 10

Protomartyr go back to their roots with raw energy but ultimately come up with a mixed bag in our review of the 'Consolation EP'