October 1, 2015 For Immediate Release

STREAM PROTOMARTYR'S THE AGENT INTELLECT ON NPR MUSIC FIRST LISTEN http://n.pr/1Vs6qSk

SEE THEM LIVE ON TOUR AND AT CMJ

STREAM THE AGENT INTELLECT HERE: http://n.pr/1Vs6qSk

October 9th marks the release of The Agent Intellect, Protomartyr's third and finest work to date, via Hardly Art. Today, you can hear the new via NPR Music First Listen. Named after an ancient philosophical questioning of how the mind operates in relation to the self, the new album is an elegant and often devastating display of all that makes Protomartyr so vital and singularly visceral an outfit. Protomartyr is, and has always been, Joe Casey (vocals), Greg Ahee (guitar), Scott Davidson (bass), and Alex Leonard (drums).

Over the course of several months, Ahee waded through more than a hundred song fragments until he reached the bottomless melodies of “I Forgive You” and “Clandestine Time”, the inky depths of “Pontiac ’87” (named after an inauspicious visit by the pope to Pontiac, MI in 1987) and titanic churn of “Why Does It Shake?” Lyrically, Casey is at his most confident and haunting. He humanizes evil on “The Devil in His Youth,” and, amid the charred pop of “Dope Cloud,” he reassures us that nothing—not God, not money—can or will prevent our minds from unraveling until we finally fade away. We are no one and nothing, he claims, without our thoughts. It’s a theme that echoes through the entirety of the record, but never as beautifully as it does on “Ellen.” Named after his mother and written from the perspective of his late father, it’s as romantic a song as you’re likely to hear this or any year, Casey promising to wait for her on the other side, with the memories she’s lost safely in hand.

The band unexpectedly shared the song "I Forgive You" earlier this week, and it was accompanied by annotated lyrics on Genius. It's a great example of the synesthetic nature of Casey's lyrics.

The band will be embarking on their first US tour in support of the new record starting off with two hometown record releases shows before traversing east to New York for CMJ. Don't miss seeing the band at their live, pummeling best. There's not a frontman pulpiteer quite like Joe Casey in music today.

PROTOMARTYR TOUR DATES (CMJ IN BOLD): Fri. Oct. 9 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar w/Deaf Wish, Casual Sweetheart Sat. Oct. 10 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar w/Spray Paint, Growwing Pains Sun. Oct. 11 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern w/Dirty Nil, Growwing Pains Mon. Oct. 12 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDT w/Growwing Pains Tue. Oct. 13 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs w/Growwing Pains Wed. Oct. 14th - Santos Party House (CMJ, NME showcase) - 11:15pm Thu. Oct. 15 - Knitting Factory (CMJ, Sub Pop showcase) - 12:10am Fri. Oct. 16 - Rough Trade (CMJ, Aquarium Drunkard showcase) - 12:30am Sat. Oct. 17 - Hand & Detail Car Wash - 646 Lorimer St, Brooklyn (CMJ, Adhoc Carwash) - 1:45pm Sat. Oct. 17 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery Sun. Oct. 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s w/Amanda X Tue. Oct. 20 - Raleigh, NC @ King’s Barcade w/Amanda X Wed. Oct. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/Amanda X Thu. Oct. 22 - Nashville, TN @ Stone Fox Fri. Oct. 23 - Bloomington, IN @ Blockhouse w/Amanda X Sat. Oct. 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club w/Amanda X Sun. Oct. 25 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall w/Amanda X, Negative Scanner Wed. Oct. 28 - Nantes, FR @ Soy Festival - Stereolux Thu. Oct. 29 - Lille, FR @ La Peniche Fri. Oct. 30 - Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store Sat. Oct. 31 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club w/ METZ Sun. Nov. 1 - London, UK @ Scala w/ METZ Mon. Nov. 2 - London, UK @ Dalston Victoria Tue. Nov. 3 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece w/ METZ Wed. Nov. 4 - Manchester, UK @ Sound Control w/ METZ Thu. Nov. 5 - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo w/ METZ Fri. Nov. 6 - Birmingham @ The Rainbow Cellar Sat. Nov. 7 - Cardiff, UK @ SWN Fest Mon. Nov. 9 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique (Rotonde) Tue. Nov. 10 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof Wed. Nov. 11 - Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang Thu. Nov. 12 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen Fri. Nov. 13 - Aarhus, DK @ Radar Sat. Nov. 14 - Berlin, DE @ Berghain Katine Mon. Nov. 16 - Cologne, DE @ MTC Tue. Nov. 17 - Strasbourg, FR @ Le Mudd Club Wed. Nov. 18 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere Thu. Nov. 19 - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown Fri. Nov. 20 - Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival Sat. Nov. 21 - Kortrijk, BE @ Sonic City - De Kreun

Listen to "Why Does It Shake?" - http://bit.ly/1fDimDn Listen to “Dope Cloud” - http://bit.ly/1U2JzBx Listen to "I Forgive You" - http://bit.ly/1h3lE2I

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