Complete List Of Protomartyr Songs From A to Z

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Protomartyr formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 2010, growing out of the local punk scene that had already brought guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard and bassist Scott Davidson together in the band Butt Babies. Vocalist Joe Casey, who had never fronted a band before, joined Ahee and Leonard in an early version of Protomartyr, with Tyvek’s Kevin Boyer briefly involved on bass before Davidson settled into the lineup. The core quartet of Casey, Ahee, Davidson and Leonard became the foundation of a sound that draws from post-punk, garage rock, noise rock and Detroit’s long tradition of abrasive, unvarnished guitar music.

The band’s first album, No Passion All Technique, arrived in 2012 after a remarkably compressed recording session that also produced material for the early Dreads 85 84 and Colpi Proibiti releases. Protomartyr expanded its audience with Under Color of Official Right in 2014 and The Agent Intellect in 2015, records that sharpened the contrast between Ahee’s volatile guitar work, Leonard and Davidson’s tightly controlled rhythm section, and Casey’s darkly comic, literary observations about work, faith, class, aging and life in Detroit.

After signing with Domino, Protomartyr released Relatives In Descent in 2017, followed by the Consolation E.P. in 2018, which featured Kelley Deal on two songs. Ultimate Success Today arrived in 2020 with an expanded instrumental palette that included saxophone, clarinet, viola and cello, while Formal Growth In The Desert followed in 2023. Across those records, the band kept its original four-member core while allowing its arrangements to grow more spacious, dissonant and atmospheric.

Protomartyr returned on September 25, 2026, with Hotel Usona, the band’s seventh studio album. Produced with Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios in western New York, the record continued the group’s habit of confronting political and personal unease through dense, shifting music. Protomartyr’s catalog also extends beyond the studio albums to early seven-inch releases, compilation tracks, collaborative singles, a split release with Preoccupations, work with Spray Paint and Lost Souls of Saturn, and a small number of distinct songs that first appeared on official live releases.

Complete List Of Protomartyr Songs From A to Z

0–E

“3 Swallows” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“3800 Tigers” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“580 Memories” – 580 Memories flexi single (2015)
“Ain’t So Simple” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“A Private Understanding” – A Private Understanding single (2017)
“Bad Advice” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Bags and Cans” – Irony Prompts a Party Rat collaborative single (2018), with Spray Paint
“Baseball Bat” – Colpi Proibiti 7-inch (2012)
“Blues Festival” – A Half of Seven split single (2015), with R. Ring
“Born to Be Wine” – Adult Swim Singles (2016)
“Boyce or Boice” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Bridge & Crown” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“Bubba Helms” – Dreads 85 84 7-inch (2012)
“Caitriona” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Cartier E.G.s” – Dreads 85 84 7-inch (2012)
“Checking Out” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“Clandestine Time” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Come & See” – Come & See single (2014)
“Converts” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“Corinthian Leather” – Irony Prompts a Party Rat collaborative single (2018), with Spray Paint
“Corpses in Regalia” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Cowards Starve” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Day Without End” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“Don’t Go To Anacita” – Don’t Go To Anacita single (2017)
“(Don’t You) Call Me Out My Name” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Dope Cloud” – Dope Cloud single (2015)
“Elimination Dances” – Elimination Dances single (2023)
“Ellen” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Exalted Eagles” – Exalted Eagles single (2026)

F–J

“Feast of Stephen” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Feed the Sewer” – Feed the Sewer single (2026)
“Feral Cats” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Forbidden” – Telemetry at Howe Bridge split single (2018), cover of Preoccupations
“For Tomorrow” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Free Supper” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“French Poet” – Sub Pop 1000 compilation (2013)
“Fulfillment Center” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Fun In Hi Skool” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Graft Vs. Host” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Half Sister” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Here Is The Thing” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Hot Wheel City” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“How He Lived After He Died” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“I Am You Now” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“I Forgive You” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“I’ll Take That Applause” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“In My Sphere” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“I Stare at Floors” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Jumbo’s” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“June 21” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)

K–O

“King Boots” – Dreads 85 84 7-inch (2012)
“Lavender – Gospel” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“Let’s Tip the Creator” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Lilac Chaser” – Lilac Chaser single (2024), with Lost Souls of Saturn
“Lilac Chaser (D33 aka Danny Daze Remix)” – Lilac Chaser (D33 aka Danny Daze Remix) single (2024), with Lost Souls of Saturn
“Machinist Man” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Maidenhead” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Make Way” – Make Way single (2023)
“Male Plague” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Michigan Hammers” – Michigan Hammers single (2020)
“Modern Business Hymns” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“My Children” – My Children single (2017)
“Night-Blooming Cereus” – Relatives In Descent (2017)

P–T

“Pagans” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Particular Girl (Live)” – Rosé, a Fine Wine to Be Enjoyed by Couples or Friends at Any Occasion (2012)
“Polacrilex Kid” – Polacrilex Kid single (2023)
“Pontiac 87” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Principalities” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Processed By The Boys” – Processed By The Boys single (2020)
“Psychic Doorbell” – Colpi Proibiti 7-inch (2012)
“Rain Garden” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Same Face in a Different Mirror” – Consolation E.P. (2018)
“Scum, Rise!” – Scum, Rise! single (2014)
“Son of Dis” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Sounds We Cannot Hear” – Sounds We Cannot Hear single (2026)
“Tarpeian Rock” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“The Aphorist” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“The Author” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“The Chuckler” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“The Devil in His Youth” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“The Hermit” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“The Knife Dream” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“The Milk Drinkers” – Colpi Proibiti 7-inch (2012)
“The Old Hotel” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“Third Country” – Hotel Usona (2026)
“Too Many Jewels” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Tranquilizer” – Ultimate Success Today (2020)
“Trust Me Billy” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)

U–Z

“Uncle Mother’s” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Up The Tower” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Violent” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Wait” – Consolation E.P. (2018)
“Want Remover” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“We Know the Rats” – Formal Growth In The Desert (2023)
“Whatever Happened to the Saturn Boys?” – No Passion All Technique expanded reissue (2019)
“What the Wall Said” – Under Color of Official Right (2014)
“Wheel of Fortune” – Wheel of Fortune single (2018), featuring Kelley Deal
“Why Does It Shake?” – The Agent Intellect (2015)
“Windsor Hum” – Relatives In Descent (2017)
“Wine of Ape” – No Passion All Technique (2012)
“Worm In Heaven” – Worm In Heaven single (2020)
“Writhing With Fyodor (Live)” – Dredging the Grotto (2015)
“You Always Win” – Consolation E.P. (2018), featuring Kelley Deal
“You’re With a Creep” – Colpi Proibiti 7-inch (2012)
“Ypsilanti” – No Passion All Technique (2012)