Album · 2020
Ultimate Success Today
by ProtoMartyr
Ultimate Success Today is a 2020 post-punk album by ProtoMartyr. It runs 10 tracks across 40 minutes on Domino. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8/5 from 2 ratings.
Post-Punk · Art Punk · Noise Rock
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- 3.8 /5
- 2 ratings
- 81 /100
- 9 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 40 min
- Runtime
- 137 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
2 ratings · avg 3.8
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1 review
- 4.0
I have a funny relationship with post-punk in general - it has a lot of elements that I enjoy in music and the albums generally have me hooked and loving them for its entirety, but then I never quite return to them with the frequency I'd like to. In any case, I won't say "Ultimate Sucess Today" breaks that pattern, but I really enjoy what's brought together here - it's an ammalgamation of several elements that make post-punk extremely enjoyable - the distressed tone, the deadpan but ultimately desperate vocals injecting a great dosage of paranoia into our veins through rhythmic bass-lines, the gloomy atmosphere employed by the ominous riffs, etc. This has a noisier approach though, less deadpan and more forceful, larger guitars textures, a more intense delivery and a feeling of exacerbated despair leaking through the edges and flooding the usually controlled enviroment of post-punk gloominess - it makes it more compelling, filling our ears with its aggressive drumming and serious tone, while maintaining a good chunk of catchy, well-made melodies and a great pessimist songwriting to boot on.
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Critics
9 publications
- MusicOMH5/5
- The Line of Best Fit9/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- AllMusic4/5
- Paste8/10
- DIY4/5
- Slant Magazine4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- American Songwriter3/5
- Metacriticaggregate82/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate8/10
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Ultimate Success Today is the fifth studio album by American post-punk band Protomartyr. Thematically inspired by lead singer Joe Casey's mid-life crisis in the wake of the band's debut being reissued, the album - conceived as a "valediction" of the band's first decade together - was recorded in 2019 at Dreamland Recording Studios in Hurley, New York with the help of producer David Tolomei. The sessions saw the band playing and recording as a single unit, even to the extent of following similar daily routines. It also notably features collaborations with a number of guest musicians such as Jemeel Moondoc and Fred Lonberg-Holm. The lyrics, mostly written by Casey on the spot, have been described as dark and apocalyptic; while the music has been found to be subtler and more dynamic than the band's past releases.
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Titled after "get rich quick" infomercials, the album was scheduled to be released in May, but was postponed to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three singles were released accompanied by their respective videos, and a visual version of the album was made available 2 days before its release. It received "critical acclaim", with many critics finding it reflective of the state of the world at large in 2020 despite being written the year before, while the band also received praise for their stylistic evolution.
In brief
- Is Ultimate Success Today good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Ultimate Success Today 3.8/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Ultimate Success Today released?
- Ultimate Success Today was released in 2020 on Domino.
- How many tracks are on Ultimate Success Today?
- Ultimate Success Today has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 40 minutes.
- What genre is Ultimate Success Today?
- Ultimate Success Today is catalogued under Post-Punk, Art Punk, Noise Rock.
- What BPM is Ultimate Success Today?
- Ultimate Success Today runs at a median tempo of 137 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Ultimate Success Today?
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