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Jun 14, 2018 Protomartyr By Christopher Roberts

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Detroit-formed post punkers Protomartyr released a new album, Relatives in Descent, last September via Domino and are releasing a new EP, Consolation E.P., tomorrow via Domino. Previously they shared one of its songs, “Wheel of Fortune,” which features Kelley Deal of The Breeders and R. Ring (and was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, “You Always Win,” which also features Deal. Deal’s R. Ring bandmate Mike Montgomery recorded the EP. Check out “You Always Win” below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Protomartyr’s Joe Casey had this to say about the song in a press release: “‘You Always Win’ is the last song on our EP. That reminds me of three things. First; ‘good things come to those that wait” ‘I think that’s what is called an adage. I don’t know if waiting through three other quality songs counts, but I think it might. Second; this quote: ‘I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s; I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.’ That’s the last words of some murderer, apparently. I think that means this song could have been something out of a can. Sure, murderers would have liked it fine but this is good, musical spaghetti. And the reason it’s spaghetti brings me to my third thought: Kelley Deal made this song great. It could have been flat circles in tomato gravy. Kelley, in her genius, elevated it to the thing you are hearing now. Beautiful sound pasta? I suppose.”

Kelley Deal had this to say: “I listened to Protomartyr’s demo for ‘You Always Win’ and thought of Sinatra and old Las Vegas. The band were into it, so Mike Montgomery and I worked with Lori Goldston (cello), Jocelyn Hach (viola), and Evan Ziporyn (bass clarinet) to create the sound of candy-coated corruption for Joe’s characters to inhabit. ‘It’s what I must do.’”

Read our 2017 interview with Protomartyr.

Protomartyr Tour Dates:

Fri. June 15 - Beijing, CN @ Yue Space
Sat. June 16 - Shanghai, CN @ YYT
Sun. June 17 - Seoul, KR @ V-Hall
Wed. June 20 - Kuala Lumpur, MY @ Live Fact
Thu. June 21 - Jakarta, ID @ Rossi Musik
Sat. June 23 - Athens, GR @ Ejekt Festival
Fri. July 6 - Modena, IT @ Arti Vive
Sat. July 7 - Chiusi, IT @ Lars Rock Fest
Sun. July 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall w/ My Bloody Valentine
Sat. Aug. 11 - Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
Sun. Aug. 12 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
Mon. Aug. 13 - Dusseldorf, DE @ Zakk
Tue. Aug. 14 - Bremen, DE @ Tower Musikclub
Thu. Aug. 16 - Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
Fri. Aug. 17 - Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
Sat. Aug 18 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Festival
Sun. Aug. 19 - St. Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock
Tue. Aug. 21 - Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Wed. Aug. 22 - Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
Fri. Aug. 24 - Schorndorf, DE @ Club Manufaktur
Sat. Aug 25 - Charleville Mezieres, FR @ Cabaret Vert Festival
Sun. Aug. 26 - Ramsgate, UK @ Ramsgate Hall
Tue. Aug. 28 - Sheffield, UK @ Picture House Social
Wed. Aug. 29 - Hebden Bridge, UK @ Trades Club
Thu. Aug. 30 - Liverpool, UK @ O2 Academy 2
Fri. Aug. 31 - Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Thu. Aug. 30 - Sun. Sept. 2 - Vlieland, NL @ Into the Great Wide Open
Mon. Sept. 3 - Groningen, NL @ Vera
Fri. Sept. 28 - Detroit, MI @ MOCAD Homestead w/ Deerhunter

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