December 4, 2015 For Immediate Release

PROTOMARTYR ANNOUNCE 2016 TOUR DATES

WATCH AN NPR MUSIC TINY DESK CONCERT

THE AGENT INTELLECT IS ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR

Protomartyr have just returned from an extensive tour in Europe, and after getting some much needed rest over the holidays, will be back to road-dogging it across the country in 2016. Touring in support of their critically acclaimed third record, The Agent Intellect (Hardly Art), they'll begin by making up some cancelled dates in late January before embarking on a mammoth month-long tour. Joining them for extended stints will be bands of such ass-kicking nature as Amanda X, Priests, Spray Paint, and Chastity Belt. Tickets for these show go on sale today at noon EST.

Also, NPR Music has shared their Tiny Desk Concert that the band recorded at the NPR office in October. Watch their amazing stripped-down performance below, featuring Agent Intellect stand-outs "Why Does It Shake?" and "The Devil In His Youth," as well as a glorious oldie from their first record, "Three Swallows." Pitchfork also recently shared a powerful fully plugged-in performance from an event in New York City. It's hard to dispute the band's power live after watching "I'll Take That Applause." Check out both below. And if you haven't yet, discover one of the best and most affecting records of the year.

NPR MUSIC TINY DESK CONCERT: ****LINK****

PITCHFORK'S LIVE SERIES: "I'll Take That Applause" "Why Does It Shake?" "How He Lived After He Died"

PROTOMARTYR 2016 TOUR DATES: Wed. Jan. 20 — Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups w/ Amanda X, Smut Thu. Jan. 21 — Nashville, TN @ Stone Fox w/ Amanda X Fri. Jan. 22 — Bloomington, IN @ Blockhouse w/ Amanda X Sat. Jan. 23 — Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club w/ Amanda X Sun. Jan. 24 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall w/ Amanda X, Negative Scanner Fri. Jan. 29 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig Sat. Jan. 30 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Eccentric Cafe Wed. Feb. 10 — Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class w/ Priests Thu. Feb. 11 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox w/ Priests, The Gotobeds Fri. Feb. 12 — Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts w/ Priests Sat. Feb. 13 — Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Priests Sun. Feb. 14 — Washington, DC @ Black Cat w/ Priests Tue. Feb. 16 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle (Back Room) w/ Spray Paint Wed. Feb. 17 — Savannah, GA @ The Jinx w/ Spray Paint Thu. Feb. 18 — Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder w/ Spray Paint Fri. Feb. 19 — St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheater w/ Spray Paint Sat. Feb. 20 — Miami, FL @ Gramps w/ Spray Paint Sun. Feb. 21 — Ybor City, FL @ New World Brewery w/ Spray Paint Tue. Feb. 23 — Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn w/ Spray Paint Wed. Feb. 24 — New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa w/ Spray Paint Thu. Feb. 25 — Houston, TX @ Walters Downtown (Bad Ass Weekend IV) w/ Spray Paint Fri. Feb. 26 — Austin, TX @ The Sidewinder w/ Spray Paint Sat. Feb. 27 — Dallas, TX @ RBC w/ Spray Paint Sun. Feb. 28 — Norman, OK @ Opolis Production Tue. Mar. 1 — Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress w/ Prom Body Wed. Mar. 2 — San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Chastity Belt Thu. Mar. 3 — Los Angeles, CA @ Echo w/ Chastity Belt Fri. Mar. 4 — San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Chastity Belt, Violent Change Sat. Mar. 5 — Sacramento, Ca @ Blue Lamp w/ Chastity Belt, G. Green Mon. Mar. 7 — Portland, OR @ The Doug Fir Lounge w/ Chastity Belt Tue. Mar. 8 — Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club w/ Chastity Belt Fri. Mar. 11 — Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium Sat. Mar. 12 — Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry Sun. Mar. 13 — Madison, WI @ The Frequency Fri. Apr. 1 — Liverpool, UK @ Magnet Sat. Apr. 2 — Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast Mon. Apr. 4 — London, UK @ 100 Club Tue. Apr. 5 — Reims, FR @ La Catonnerie Thu. Apr. 7 — Groningen, NL @ Vera Fri. Apr. 8 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Sat. Apr. 9 — Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaigue - Rotown Mon. Apr. 11 — Dusseldorf, DE @ Zakk Tue. Apr. 12 — Stuttgart, DE @ Club Schocken Wed. Apr. 13 — Munich, DE @ Oranjehouse Thu. Apr. 14 — St. Gallen, CH @ Palace Fri. Apr. 15 — Bologna, IT @ Covo Club Sat. Apr. 16 — Rome, IT @ Monk Mon. Apr. 18 — Ljubljana, SI @ Gala Hala Tue. Apr. 19 — Zagreb, HR @ Culture Factory Wed. Apr. 20 — Vienne, AT @ Chelsea Thu. Apr. 21 — Prague, CZ @ Basement Bar

PRIASE FOR THE AGENT INTELLECT

“The Agent Intellect is partly about Detroit as a place, with references to the Outer Drive and Jumbo’s Bar. But Mr. Casey’s excellent lyrics go bigger and more abstract: They’re also about Detroit as a pile of symbols and emotions." - The New York Times

"More than anything, this LP feels like a testament to perseverance, with world-weary humor and introspection providing flashes of clarity" - (4/5 stars)

"And what he’s driving at, again and again, is that we do all of those things when we feel like trapped animals, when we’ve thrown our full bodies into life and it’s given us nothing back but loneliness and poverty and emptiness, and each advancing year is less time we have to do something of substance. It’s a profound and uncomfortable truth, and it’s one that The Agent Intellect unflinchingly stares down." Pitchfork (8.2)

"Protomartyr's last , 2014's masterful Under Color Of Official Right, was a breakthrough for the group — as great as it is, though, The Agent Intellect is a huge step both upward and inward." - NPR Music

"The album remains gigantic throughout. Riffs crackle like lit fuses, going kaboomon the chorus, while drums crest and crash like tsunami waves, and swaying bass rumbles denote a perpetual queasiness." - SPIN (8/10, SPIN Essential)

"Tough-minded yet tender at the most unexpected moments, Casey finds the human heart in this wasteland and celebrates it. His voice — a mix of barfly ranting and darn near poetic street musings in the tradition of Algren, Bukowski, Burroughs and (Lou) Reed — is the perfect instrument for delivering these songs. It would be wrong to prettify them. Instead, Casey's gray, no-nonsense voice creates the precise environment for these characters to come alive." - The Chicago Tribune (4/4 stars)

"This isn’t spiky postpunk like their last album – it’s more unhinged: they’ve swapped hooks for a dirgy epicness, distortion bulldozes through, sometimes flaring angrily, punctured by driving, truly affecting drums. As poignant as those images of a decrepit Motor City, once brilliant, now decayed." - The Guardian (4/5 stars)

"Each album an improvement in ambition and achievement, peaking with the new, often brilliant The Agent Intellect." - Consequence of Sound (A-)

"Protomartyr is instantly up there, with three great , with the great Detroit bands of all time. Stooges, MC5...this is an incredible band." - Sound Opinions, Jim Derogatis (Buy It)

"One of the great American bands" - Sound Opinions, Greg Kot (Buy It)

"In the best sense, The Agent Intellect takes what made its predecessors good and builds on it." The AV Club (B+)

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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