Protomartyr's Hotel Usona 2026-07-23 by Raul Stanciu STAFF | 5 Comments | Protomartyr return with a brand new record, Hotel Usona, due out on September 25th through Domino Music. It was recorded with legendary producer Dave Fridmann (Sleater-Kinney, MGMT, The Flaming Lips) at his own Tarbox Road Studios in western New York.
Regarding the themes explored on this LP, front man Joe Casey has imagined his country as an aging hotel here, each song a room haunted by its own troublesome guest, as on today’s “Sounds We Cannot Hear,” which arrives with a video starring Nate Varrone (Maddie's Secret and “The Bear”). The song finds Casey examining the slow paralysis of modern life: “The scroll deforms the day // Poet screamed, “Goodbye everybody!” // Leaping from the liner Orizaba // As it traversed the Caribbean Sea // A new vulgar company is targeting me.”
Watch the music video for "Sounds We Cannot Hear" below:
Tracklist:
1. The Old Hotel
2. Sounds We Cannot Hear
3. Converts
4. Exalted Eagles
5. The Knife Dream
6. Feed the Sewer
7. Lavender – Gospel
8. Third Country
9. Checking Out
The promotional tour starts this fall with North American dates and continues next year in Europe. The itinerary announced so far is the following:
Mon. Oct. 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
Tue. Oct. 20 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
Thu. Oct. 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Regent *
Fri. Oct. 23 - San Jose, CA @ the Ritz *
Sat. Oct. 24 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall *
Tue. Oct. 27 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
Wed. Oct. 28 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl *
Thu. Oct. 29 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin *
Sat. Oct. 31 - Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge ^
Sat. Nov. 7 - Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall #
Sun. Nov. 8 - Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques #
Tue. Nov. 10 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom #
Wed. Nov. 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Thu. Nov. 12 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall #
Fri. Nov. 13 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat #
Sat. Nov. 14 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle #
Sun. Nov. 15 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy #
Tue. Nov. 17 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East #
Wed. Nov. 18 - St. Louis, MO @ Duck Room #
Thu. Nov. 19 - Chicago @ Metro #
Fri. Dec. 4 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic
Thu. Feb. 11 - Leeds, UK @ Irish Center
Fri. Feb. 12 - Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
Sat. Feb. 13 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
Mon. Feb. 15 - Bristol, UK @ The Lantern
Tue. Feb. 16 - London, UK @ Electric Brixton
Thu. Feb. 18 - Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
Fri. Feb. 19 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
Sat. Feb. 20 - Brussels, BE @ Le Botanique
Mon. Feb. 22 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Tue. Feb. 23 - Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli
Wed. Feb. 24 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
Fri. Feb. 26 - Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu Club
Sat. Feb. 27 - Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
Sun. Feb. 28 - Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
* w/ Accessory
^ w/ the Jesus and Mary Chain
# w/ J.R.C.G
Pre-order Hotel Usona here: https://protomartyr.ffm.to/hotelusona
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Im looking forward to this album, hopefully I’ll get to see them in November
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One of THE best bands ever. They are not only consistent like hell but they continue to evolve constantly with every new release.
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One of THE best bands ever. They are not only consistent like hell but they continue to evolve constantly with every new release.
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Excellent track.
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New song is amazing, great video too! Haven’t seen them live yet, and they are not coming close my corners this time either : [
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