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 -NPRA testament to perseverance, with world-weary humor and introspection providing flashes of clarity -Rolling StoneRecalling the cavernous tones of the Birthday Party, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd. and other beaten-and-broken defeatists, the bands fiery approach suggests that losing at life can pay dividends in the art department. -LA TimesAn album of spindly bass, needling guitar and economical drums. And yet, with Protomartyrs inventive ensemble flare, it sounds like much more. -PasteProtomartyrs third studio album is all the things youd expect it to be from a band of their geography (Detroit) and countenance (stone-faced): chilling, sobering, frightening. Its also funny, catchy, invigorating, ultimately human. - SpinWriting [with] an almost Joycean grasp of detail and narrative. -PitchforkRather than back down from the precipice of decline and confusion, Protomartyr has reported the situation as they see it in The Agent Intellect, an uncomfortable, honest and ultimately excellent record. -DustedCatchy, moody, post-punk fun -The Needle DropFEATURED ON COUNTLESS BEST OF 2015 LISTS, INCLUDING: The A.V. Club, TheAdvocate, 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
