SUPER LIMITED EDITION 'LOVE RECORD STORES' ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 140G BRICK VINYL + POSTER & ZINE
Release Date: 18th December 2020
Super limited edition pressing of only 490! The Detroit post-punk preachers are back with their 5th album and follow-up to 2017's superb Relatives In Descent, as they dig deeper into the rotten core of the 'American Dream'. Ultimate Success Today sees vocalist and lyricist Joe Casey at his sarcastic and scathing best as he rips into crippling problems with his country as the band play the perfect post-punk backdrop for these dark, volatile subject matters plaguing the USA.
FFO: Fontaines DC, Preoccupations, IDLES, Priests
"Ultimate Success Today is Protomartyr's fifth album. Following the release of Relatives In Descent, the band’s 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 Dreamland Recording Studios, a late 19th century church, in upstate New York and co-produced by the band and David Tolomei (Dirty Projectors, Beach House) with mixing by Tolomei. Featured guest musicians on the album include Nandi Rose (vocals) a.k.a. Half Waif, jazz legend Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Izaak Mills (bass clarinet, sax, flute), and Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello)."
