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July 15, 2020

For Immediate Release

PROTOMARTYR PREMIERE

ULTIMATE SUCCESS TODAY VISUAL TODAY AT 8PM ​ EST

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE ​

ULTIMATE SUCCESS TODAY OUT FRIDAY VIA DOMINO ​

Photo Credit: Trevor Naud

Today, in advance of this Friday’s release of their new album, Ultimate Success Today, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Protomartyr present the Ultimate Success Today visual album, which will stream ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ live on the band’s website at 8pm EST and remain live for 2 hours. The visual album ​ ​ ​ ​ presents a video for each song off of Ultimate Success Today, all made during ​ ​ quarantine, except for “Processed By The Boys,” and edited together into a seamless short film. The filmmakers responsible for each song’s video are Dominic Ciccodicola,

David Allen, Nathan Faustyn, Joseph Howard (with illustrations by drummer Alex

Leonard), Trevor Naud, Ashley Armitage, Yoonha Park, and Jeremy Franchi. To receive an access code for today’s premiere, fans can pre-order the album or sign up here. ​ ​ During the premiere, fans are encouraged to donate to their choice of three charities:

The Okra Project, Ruth Ellis Center, and Detroit Justice Center. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Protomartyr is Joe Casey (vocals), Greg Ahee (guitars), Alex Leonard (drums), and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Scott Davidson (bass guitar). Ultimate Success Today features guest musicians Nandi ​ ​ ​ ​ Rose a.k.a. Half Waif (vocals), legend Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Izaak Mills ​ ​ ​ ​ (bass clarinet, sax, flute), and Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello). ​ ​

Ultimate Success Today will be released in LP, CD and digital formats on Friday, ​ July 17th via Domino. ​

SIGN UP TO WATCH THE VISUAL ALBUM

WATCH THE VISUAL ALBUM TRAILER

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WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “MICHIGAN HAMMERS”

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “WORM IN HEAVEN”

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “PROCESSED BY THE BOYS”

PRE-ORDER ULTIMATE SUCCESS TODAY ​ Domino Mart | Digital ​ ​

PRAISE FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS TODAY ​

“deliciously dark music, a mix of frantic, furious riffs, dour vocals, and existential

poetry” - New York Magazine ​

“‘Michigan Hammers’...races along on chattering, virtually nonstop quadruple-time

cymbals and guitars erupting in bursts of syncopated chords.” - The New York Times ​

“Bleakly poetic, boozily hilarious punk-rock gems” - Rolling Stone ​

“ The Detroit-born rockers have now completed their first decade as a band, but they

sound more awake and anxious than ever.” - AV Club ​

“One of the most exciting rock bands of the last decade” - Aquarium Drunkard ​

Protomartyr Online: https://www.facebook.com/protomartyr https://soundcloud.com/protomartyr http://pitchperfectpr.com/protomartyr https://protomartyr.bandcamp.com http://www.dominorecordco.us/artists/protomartyr

For more information, contact:

Jacob Daneman | Pitch Perfect PR - [email protected], 773-942-6618 ​ ​

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