Detroit post-punk dystopians Protomartyr recently released their fourth album, Relatives in Descent, on Domino Records. Here, each band member shares the “songs we were listening to while we were writing the album.”
Charley Pride, “Crystal Chandeliers”Richard Dawson, “The Vile Stuff”Life Without Buildings, “PS Exclusive”The Fall, “Garden”Ghostface Killah, “Maxine”Kay Starr, “Wheel of Fortune”Tyvek, “Blocks”McCarthy, “Red Sleeping Beauty”
The Raincoats, “Shouting Out Loud”Country Teasers, “Golden Apples”Micachu & The Shapes with The London Sinfonietta, “State of N.Y.”Glenn Branca, “The Ascension” *Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans, “Overpass” *The Pop Group, “She Is Beyond Good and Evil”Gil Scott-Heron, “New York Is Killing Me”Alain Goraguer, “La Femme”Paul White feat. Danny Brown, "Lions Den"Moodymann, "I Cant Kick This Feeling When It Hits"
Roy Wood, “Songs of Praise”Dirty Projectors, “Cool Your Heart”Philip Glass, “Prophecies”Chris Knox, “Glide”Wire, “Mannequin”TRAAMS, “A House on Fire”Kate Bush, “Wild Man”
Theo Parrish, “Make No War” *Felt, “Evergreen Dazed” *Grouper, “Clearing”Voices From the Lake, “Twins in Virgo” *Suni McGrath, “Cornflower Suite”Creation Rebel, “Starship Africa”* These tracks are not available on Spotify