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“Protomartyr are heavy, man.” -Spin “The Agent Intellect is a huge step both upward and inward. Like some fresh incarnation of Pere Ubu in its ’70s prime, the band subverts rock while rocking out, infusing angularity with an industrialized blur of motion” -NPR “A testament to perseverance, with world-weary humor…
“Protomartyr are heavy, man.” -Spin
“The Agent Intellect is a huge step both upward and inward. Like some fresh incarnation of Pere Ubu in its ’70s prime, the band subverts rock while rocking out, infusing angularity with an industrialized blur of motion” -NPR
“A testament to perseverance, with world-weary humor and introspection providing flashes of clarity” -Rolling Stone
“Recalling the cavernous tones of the Birthday Party, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd. and other beaten-and-broken defeatists, the band’s fiery approach suggests that losing at life can pay dividends in the art department.” -LA Times
FEATURED ON COUNTLESS BEST OF 2015 LISTS, INCLUDING: The A.V. Club, The Advocate, Aquarium Drunkard, Buzzfeed, Le Canal Auditif, Chicago Tribune, Consequence of Sound, Detroit Metro Times, Dusted, Impose, Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, NY Observer, Paste, Pitchfork, PopMatters, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Washington Post