Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr pair Joe Casey’s sharply observed vocals with tense guitars, heavy rhythmic momentum, and dark humor. Their seventh album, Hotel Usona, arrives September 25, 2026 via Domino.
Protomartyr have announced their seventh album, Hotel Usona, out September 25, 2026 via Domino. The Detroit post-punk band have also shared the record’s lead single, “Sounds We Cannot Hear,” accompanied by a video starring Nate Varrone.
Recorded with Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios in western New York, Hotel Usona imagines the United States as an aging hotel, with each song opening onto a room occupied by its own troubled guest. Greg Ahee co-produced the album and drew on Middle Eastern music and 1950s exotica while shaping its arrangements, with Fridmann’s son Jon contributing horns.
“Sounds We Cannot Hear” centers on the slow paralysis and constant distortion of modern life, setting Joe Casey’s writing against the band’s tense, physical post-punk. Iggy Pop described the album as highly themed, symphonic, and “Wagnerian” in reach.
Hotel Usona is available to pre-order now.
