Protomartyr, with J.R.C.G., Verity Den — live event on Nov 14, 2026
Verity Den and Protomartyr live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro on Sat, Nov 14, 8:00 PM. Tickets from $27.72. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
Since their 2012 debut No Passion All Technique, the Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr have mastered the art of evoking place: the grinding Midwest humility of their hometown, as well as the x-rayed elucidation of America that comes with their vantage. Protomartyr—vocalist Joe Casey, guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard, and bassist Scott Davidson—have become synonymous with caustic, impressionistic assemblages of politics and poetry, the literal and oblique. The group’s sixth album, recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, is called Formal Growth In The Desert. And though frontman Joe Casey did have a humbling experience staring at awe-inspiring Sonoran rock formations and reckoning with his own smallness in the scheme of things – as recounted in the single “Elimination Dances” - the title is not necessarily a nod to the sandy expanses of the southwest. Detroit, too, is like a desert. “The desert is more of a metaphor or symbol,” Casey says, “of emotional deserts, or a place…
Starts: Sat, Nov 14, 8:00 PM
Ends: Sat, Nov 14, 10:00 PM
Where: 300 East Main Street, Carrboro, North Carolina 27510, United States
Price: $27.72
Lineup
Venue: Cat's Cradle
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