Protomartyr

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Protomartyr
Informatziones
Connotu fintzas comente	Butt Babies
Orìgine	Detroit, Michigan, Istados Unidos
Gènere musicale	post-punk, punk-rock
Annos de atividade	2008 - in atividade
Etichetas	Hardly Art, Urinal Cake, X!
Giassu	http://www.protomartyrband.com
Membros	Joe Casey Greg Ahee Alex Leonard Scott Davidson
Membros colados	Kevin Boyer

Is Protomartyr sunt unu cumpressu musicale post-punk americanu, formadu in su 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. Nde faghent parte Joe Casey (boghe), Greg Ahee (ghitarra), Alex Leonard (bateria) e Scott Davidson (bassu).

Istòria

In antis de èssere Protomartyr, Greg Ahee e Alex Leonard sonant in duos e si nàrant Butt Babies. Passat pagu tempus fintzas a cando Joe Casey s'azunghet a cantare in is ispetàculos de is Butt Babies. Pro carchi tempus Kevin Boyer, chi giai sonat in su cumpressu de is Tvyek, s'aunit a issos comente bassista e segundu ghitarreri, ma lassat in presse tenende fainas cun s'àteru cumpressu. Cun s'arribu de Scott Davidson mudant nòmene in Protomartyr.

S'album de inghitzu, "No Passion All Technique", bessit in su 2012 cun sa Urinal Cake Records. Est de su matessi annu "Colpi Proibiti" peri X! Records.

S'8 de abrile 2014 bessit su segundu album, "Under Color of Official Right" peri Hardly Art record. Sighit unu tour mannu in sos Istados Unidos.

Su 14 de trìulas de su 2015, sos Protomartyr annùntziant de sa bessida de su de tres albums, 'The Agent Intellect', acumpangiadu dae sa bessida fintzas de su sìngulu 'Why Do They Shake?'. S'album bessit su 9 de santugaine suta eticheta Hardly Art Records. Aclamadu dae sa crìtica, retzit nota de 85/100 in su situ acumuladore Metacritic, e est fentomatu intre sos mègius àlbumes de su 2015 in The A.V. Club, Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Metacritic, Spin, e Consequence of Sound.

Sos Protomartyr firmant cun Domino Records in su 2017, e realizant su de bator àlbumes, Relatives in Descent, chi bessit in su cabudanne 2017.

Sa band faghet tour pro totu sos Istados Unidos e s'Europa e sonat in SXSW, CMJ Music Marathon, Pitchfork Music Festival, e àteros.

Istile Musicale

Sa musica de is Protomartyr benet cunsiderada comente ammesturu de post-punk, punk-rock e garage-rock. Fitanias is cumparàntzias cun cumpressos de is annos '80, susetotus cun Wire, Fall, Pere Ubu, e àteros comente Constantines e is canteapares Iceage. Su cantadore Joe Casey e totu at esprimidu apretziamentu pro Pere Ubu e sos Fall.

Sa boghe baritonale de Casey est istada fintzas posta a cumparàntzia cun sas de Ian Curtis de sos Joy Division, Mark E. Smith de sos Fall e Nick Cave.

Membros

• Joe Casey – boghe
• Greg Ahee – ghitarra
• Alex Leonard – bateria
• Scott Davidson – bassu

Membros pasados

• Kevin Boyer (Tyvek) – bass, guitar

Membros turnantes

• Kelley Deal – guitar, backing vocals (2020–present)^[1]

Discografia

Albums

• No Passion All Technique - (2012, Urinal Cake Records)
• Under Color Of Official Right - (2014, Hardly Art)
• The Agent Intellect - (2015, Hardly Art)
• Relatives in Descent - (2017, Domino)
• Ultimate Success Today (2020, Domino)

EP

• Consolation (2018, Domino)

Sìngulos

• "Dreads 85 84" (7") (2012, Urinal Cake Records
• "Colpi Proibiti" (7") (2012, X! Records)
• "Dope Cloud" (2015, Hardly Art)
• "Scum, Rise!" (2015, Hardly Art)
• "Jumbo's (Live)" (2015, Joyful Noise)
• "580 Memories" (2015, Joyful Noise)
• "Born to be Wine" (2016, [adult swim])
• "My Children" (2017, Domino)
• "Don't Go To Anacita" (2017, Domino)
• "Wheel of Fortune" (2018, Domino)
• "Processed By The Boys" (2020, Domino)
• "Worm In Heaven" (2020, Domino)

Split e essidas collaborativas

• A Half Of Seven: "Blues Festival"/"Loud Underneath" (with R. Ring) (2015, Hardly Art)
• Live At Vera: "Uncle Mother's"/"Barfuß durch die Scherben" (with Die Nerven) (2017, Roekie)
• Irony Prompts A Party Rat: "Corinthian Leather"/"Bags & Cans" (with Spray Paint) (2018, Monofonus Press)
• Telemetry at Howe Bridge: "Pontiac '87"/"Forbidden" (with Preoccupations) (2018, Domino)

Àlbumes in biu

• Rosé, A Fine Wine To Be Enjoyed By Couples Or Friends At Any Occasion (2012, Double Tapes)
• Vari-Speed Mithridates (2013, Gold Tapes)
• Dredging The Grotto (2015, none)

Notas

1. Kelley Deal joining Protomartyr as part of the band for Midwest shows, in brooklynvegan.com.

Controllu de autoridade	VIAF (EN) 308245914 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0004 7006 8457 · LCCN (EN) no2014058026 · MusicBrainz 9efaf639-6332-44b8-94ae-c25896320ca7 · WorldCat Identities (EN) no2014-058026