Photo credit: Trevor Naud

Protomartyr announce fall 2021 North American tour in support of 'Ultimate Success Today'

14th July 2021

In 2020, Protomartyr’s tour was cut short due to the pandemic. Today, they announce a fresh North American fall 2021 tour in support of Ultimate Success Today, their “eloquent, paranoid, and ultimately thrilling” (The FADER) album released last year. For this tour, they’ll be joined by Kelley Deal from the Breeders/R. Ring (some lucky fans got a sneak peek of this lineup prior to COVID lockdown).

Additionally, Protomartyr are making their Ultimate Success Today visual album public. The visual album presents a video for each song, all made during quarantine except for “Processed By The Boys,” and edited together into a seamless short film. The filmmakers responsible for each song’s video are Dominic Ciccodicola, David Allen, Nathan Faustyn, Joseph Howard (with illustrations by drummer Alex Leonard), Trevor Naud, Ashley Armitage, Yoonha Park, and Jeremy Franchi.

Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, July 16, 2021 at 10 AM local time and can be purchased here.
Watch the visual album here.

PROTOMARTYR TOUR DATES
Nov. 8 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Tue. Nov. 9 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Wed. Nov. 10 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
Thu. Nov. 11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Fri. Nov. 12 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s
Sat. Nov. 13 - Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory
Sun. Nov. 14 - Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory
Tue. Nov. 16 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
Wed. Nov. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Thu. Nov. 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
Fri. Nov. 19 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
Sat. Nov. 20 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
Sun. Nov. 21 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe

PRAISE FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS TODAY

“I don’t think they needed to level up, but boy did they.” - NPR MUSIC

“deliciously dark music, a mix of frantic, furious riffs, dour vocals, and existential poetry” - NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“‘Michigan Hammers’...races along on chattering, virtually nonstop quadruple-time cymbals and guitars erupting in bursts of syncopated chords.” - NEW YORK TIMES

"Protomartyr’s sound continues to become much richer and more rewarding.” - PITCHFORK

“Bleakly poetic, boozily hilarious punk-rock gems” - ROLLING STONE

"Protomartyr have never released a bad album and new effort Ultimate Success Today is another smash hit." - THE FADER

Available Formats

LP/ CD/ Exclusive Limited LP/ Download

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Protomartyr Ultimate Success Today

Album | 17th July 2020

Ultimate Success Today is Protomartyr's fifth album. Following the release of Relatives In Descent, the band’s critically acclaimed headlong dive into the morass of American life in 2017, Ultimate Success Today continues to further expand the possibilities of what a Protomartyr album can sound like.