Sorry for being late today, we slept in. Here’s “The Dream”…

Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

Week 7 was “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

This week is “The Dream”

And you know what they say… it’s always Tuesday somewhere. But seriously… using timezones as our shield, it IS still Tuesday in American Samoa. Also, I’m in Japan right now, and it’s been Wednesday for like a whole day, so nothing is real and time is a construct.

Speaking of being in Japan, I paid Capcom a visit today in Osaka… they kicked me right out.

MAGFest/Nashville
As I said in the last newsletter/post, MAGFest sold out in record time, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

This week is “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

So MAGFest sold out in record time, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was  “This City Made Us”

This week is “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

We’ve reached the halfway point with these tracks, but we still have a long way to go. Here’s comes a bunch of stuff none of you have ever heard.

SUPER MAGFEST 2026
Just announced – All 3 nights. All 3 “Act” albums. And we’re doing them in chronological story-order, so Act II on Thursday, Act I on Friday, and Act III on Saturday. This one is gonna rule.

It’s pretty much sold out at this point, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge in time, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss (even if you’re already going to MAGFest). We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something. 

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’ll let you know the moment we can get those in your hands.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

This week is “This City Made Us”

Metal Sucks gave the eagle eye’d of you an early look at the new “This City Made Us” yesterday, but now it’s everyone else’s turn. And here’s the rad new John DeLucca art (Caspar Newbolt on design). Huge thank you to them for nailing what we’re going for with this whole thing. If you dig it, let them know you appreciate their work:

In case you somehow missed the last few mailers + news posts and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

We also posted a w/lyrics track on youtube for “Calling Out” and then another for “This City Made Us.” Go check them out and do the like and subscribe thing on there, too.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Let’s keep this train rolling…

Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade‘s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

This week is “Calling Out”

In case you somehow missed the announcement mailer/news post and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

This week is “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (both featuring Luke Fields on bass guitar from Oscar winning band, Bit Brigade.) 

In case you somehow missed the last mailer/news post and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays. We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And before you ask, we still don’t have a pre-order date for Vinyl yet, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Now.

Just to prove it… here’s the cover. Once again, John DeLucca and Caspar Newbolt have made magic. We can’t wait for you to see the rest of it. 

PRE-ORDER ON BANDCAMP
So, you know how we’re always like “Hey, it’s Bandcamp Friday and you should go buy stuff from your favorite independent bands because the platform doesn’t take a percentage this day and they’d really appreciate it!”?  Well, guess what.  It’s Bandcamp Friday and we’re that band today.

What’s special this time? Well, as you saw above, Act III is here and you can pre-order it on CD.  I’d say that’s pretty special.  Don’t want the CD?  That’s fine, you can just pre-order the digital album instead, but remember that the digital-only album doesn’t come with the story booklet/libretto + the amazing John DeLucca artwork. HOWEVER, if you get the CD, it comes with a digital download as well, so you get all the goods.  If you don’t want the CD for some reason, gift that thing or sell it on an Ebay or in a back alley after you’ve read the book!  Pretty neat. 

Now, here’s where it gets really fun. We didn’t want to go the traditional pre-order route. Instead of making you wait (even longer) until the official release date, we’re going to unleash this story on the world episodically with a track (or 2) each week. It’s sort of like that Alien show you’ve been watching… but with sound only. And less aliens, but maybe more robots. But how do you get the new songs every week, you’re wondering?  Just refresh the Bandcamp app once a week and they’ll appear. That’s all.  Don’t worry, we’ll send an email (and post on the socials) to remind you when there are new songs (usually on Monday/Tuesday).  You know, in case you’re so busy waiting on the second season of that Alien show that you forget about us!

Now you’re wondering about the Vinyl release, aren’t you? Well we don’t quite know about that one yet due to replication times, and we don’t want to start a pre-order and have you waiting on it till the end of time. So we’ll announce those the moment we know a for-sure “it’ll be in our hands” date. 

GET TO BANDCAMP HERE!

Keep an eye on our socials (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) and mailing list for more info as it comes in. On top of that, we’ll be doing live streams from time to time on Twitch talking about stuff, so follow us on there and come hang with us sometime!

See you out there,

-Commander

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It’s been a while since we sent out a mailer or made a post here, but just know that we’ve been busy and things are coming. And better yet, things are sounding real good… 

That being said, since it’s been so long, I feel like we need to do a 2024 recap, but I want to keep it as quick as possible, so here goes:

MAGFest was super extreme awesome, our 20th Anniversary show at Eastside Bowl in Nashville was a raging success and included plenty of old friends and past members (including Duke Fetterman, talented identical twin brother of our beloved and gone – but not forgotten, Doug Fetterman. Doug was a man of the land, while Duke is a man of the sea). After that, we snagged a spot in the Nashville Scene’s “Best Of Nashville” lineup in the form of Best Anniversary Show. Right after that, a pretty rad TV show, starring Bruce Campbell and Julie Bowen, called Hysteria! aired on Peacock where they had the in-show-rock band cover “Light Up The Night” as the big finale of the season (seriously, watch the show).

That mostly brings us to now… BLACK FRIDAY THROUGH CYBORG MONDAYYYYYYY….

We had some new merch stuff at the anniversary show that’s now available on our Sound Machine merch store. And we figured it was time to send a new pullover-hoodie out into the world, so grab one or five of those before the highly expected pullover-hoodie famine gets rolling.  And what’s even more exciting is that it’s all on sale for 20% off right now until Monday at 11:59 p.m. with the code “TWENTY24” at checkout.  You know what to do.

Alllso…. our European merch store, Kings Road Merch, finally has most of our last Euro tour’s merch available, so grab that stuff while it’s still around!

I swear it won’t be another year before another update!

-Commander

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20% off everything in the Sound Machine Store with code –> TWENTY23 (use during checkout) from now until 11:59 p.m. CST Monday, 11/27/23.

It’s getting cold out there, so now’s a pretty good time to grab something from our winter selection at a discount. Don’t get left out in the cold!

Speaking of getting left out in the cold, are you one of those unfortunate souls that didn’t jump on a ticket to our 20th Anniversary show next April before it sold out in 20 days?  Well, keep your eyes on our mailer/news letter/news page and socials (facebook, instagram, and the artists formerly known as Twitter), because we’re going to release some more tickets in the next couple months.

That’s all for now,

The Protomen 

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You know what? It’s getting mighty close to the 20 year mark from the first show we ever played on April 22nd of 2004. We might as well have a party, right? Well, I don’t care if you think we should or not – We’re doing it. And while we’re at it, we might as well try to bring back some of our old friend-bands to play the night with us to try to relive the glory days of playing in Murfreesboro, TN at the illustrious and world-renowned venue with a pretty solid black bean burger … The Boro. You know, to make it proper. 

We’ll announce the special guests closer to the date… which is…..

April 27, 2024 
Eastside Bowl – Nashville, TN

CLICK ME, BECAUSE I AM A TICKET LINK!

Pre-sale tickets are currently live. And we’re telling you Mailing Listers/News Lettereers first to give you a head start on tickets. 

There are $20 general admission floor tickets available for the first 20 days (price will increase after 20 days). You see what we’re doing with the 20s? … it’s because it’s our 20th anniversary. Really want to hammer it home in case you missed that first paragraph about it being close to the 20th anniversary of our first show. Hopefully more than 20 of you buy them.

THAT BEING SAID…
We’ve got a few tiers of tickets going so grab what you’re into:

General Admission Floor ($20 for 20 days then goes up to $25) = just your good ol’ rock n’ roll show experience. Fist pump and high five your new friends on the floor in front of the stage, or you can stand at the back with a judgey look and your arms crossed like a true local Nashvillian!

General Admission Mezzanine ($35) = an elevated balcony experience that allows you to see the show from a higher view and there are optional couches! You also have access to the floor (we recommend using the stairs). 
Limited to 100 people.

VIP PASSES ($100) = we figured since this event is at a bowling joint, why not go bowling?! This ticket includes a bowling game with the whole VIP crew and The Protomen + normal VIP action with exclusive merch items. Also includes a General Admission Mezzanine ticket for the show. 
Limited to 20 people. (see what we did there again?!)

Be there.

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MAGFEST 2024
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And if all that wasn’t exciting enough, we’re gonna be at MAGFest 2024 in National Harbor, MD from January 18th-21st! I’m not sure which day we’ll be playing yet, but you can bet your ass it’ll be one of them. Get your passes before they’re gone. 

JANUARY 2024
18th – National Harbor, MD – MAGFest (Show day TBA)
19th – National Harbor, MD – MAGFest (Show day TBA)
20th – National Harbor, MD – MAGFest (Show day TBA)
21st – National Harbor, MD – MAGFest (Show day TBA)

And yes, we’re working on Act III.

-Commander

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