PROTOMARTYR - Formal Growth In The Desert LP Farbe:Blue Vinyl "Hamburg rockt") trafen 1995 den

"Hamburg rockt") trafen 1995 den Nerv der Zeit

original artwork and a lyrics for all songs

that we seem to make out figures such as Pharaoh Sanders or Sun Ra through the ever-present (see titles such as "4/20 Jam" or "Summer Rolls [Midnight Munchies Jam]" for reference) fog

“The Crying Pill” stacks frantic patterns of saxophone-like sobs onto deep sub bass stabs that are almost trap

are occasionally accompanied by “found sound” field recordings

PROTOMARTYR - Formal Growth In The Desert LP Farbe:Blue Vinyl "Hamburg rockt") trafen 1995 denSince their 2012 debut, Protomartyr have mastered the art of evoking place: the grinding Midwest humility of their hometown, as well as the x rayed elucidation of America that comes with their vantage. The groups sixth album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX with producer Jake Aron. The desert is more of a metaphor or symbol, singer Joe Casey says, of emotional deserts, or a place or time that seems to lack life. The growth came from a