This past Saturday, I entered into Pitchfork with SarfariMan all excited to see Bully. SafariMan asked if I was a fan of Protomartyr. I told him I wasn’t man of enough for them, subsequently tweeting the following.
Protomartyr showing a commitment to black that I haven't seen since Al Davis was alive @pitchforkfest
— HearYa (@Hearya) July 18, 2015
We hung out for about half their set of intense and fiery post-punk. Lead singer Joe Casey roasted in an ill-fitted black suit while knocking down cool ones and heaters, all while the rest of the band – guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard, and bassist Scott Davidson – laid down a thunderous racket. It was pretty awesome.
Their third album, The Agent Intellect, will be out on October 9th via the fine folks at Hardly Art. The lead single is Why Does It Shake? and Casey sounds like a demented Craig Finn, who happens to be a fan of the band as well. Casey says of the song title, “It’s a back-handed ode to humanity’s resilient self regard in the face of inevitable oblivion. Then the trap door opens.”
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Protomartyr don’t do the Twitter thing which is a shame. Twitter needs access to Joe Casey.
