Protomartyr

Led by wild-card lyricist and singer Joe Casey, Protomartyr are a Detroit-based post-punk quartet who deliver burly but intelligent music that plays heavily on instrumental dynamics and blunt physical impact. Breaking out of the Midwest music scene to attract an international following, their performances spun free-associative beat-inspired poetry over the churning report of the musicians, giving their songs a streetwise literacy that matched the strength of the instrumentalists. After making a strong local impression with their 2012 debut album, No Passion All Technique, word...