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Protomartyr - Consolation EP (Domino, 2018)

I don't care for most any new rock bands these days, as this blog bears out, but Protomartyr are awesome. At least, their Relatives in Descent record from last year is, and so is this EP. It's incredibly short - 4 songs, 14 minutes - but these guys are so tight you just want to run it through again right after. The thrust behind this EP appears to be the two tracks featuring Kelley Deal, as they have become friends and collaborators lately (released a split with Deal's band R. Ring too) and those tracks are the meat of this short record. The other two are quick hits both under 3 minutes long. The drumming, as ever, is unreal and thuds in your chest, and Joe Casey is somewhat restrained from the usual wordstew that propagates Protomartyr's music. But yeah these guys rule.

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