Protomartyr deelde hun nieuwe single als bijdrage aan de ‘Adult Swim Single Series’ waarbij er elke week een gratis (!) downloadbaar nummer online wordt gezet. Deze week was het dus de beurt aan de band uit Detroit. ‘Born to be wine’ alludeert duidelijk op de Steppenwolfklassieker en zit in de duistere, donkere post-punksfeer die we van het viertal gewoon zijn. Hieronder vind je Protomartyrs eigen uitleg over hun recentste werk: “Born To Be Wine” was written and recorded in two days in March of this year. It was recorded by Chris Koltay at his Hi Bias Studio in Detroit and features contributions from Zak Bratto and Jake Kmiecik-Percussion, John Olson and Wade Kergan-Sax, and Trevor Naud-Dulcimer. The title comes from mishearing a Frenchman talking about his favorite rock and roll songs, while the lyrical sentiment takes in louche, elder rockers confined to man caves and a list of fearsome things that were ruminated on during a particularly dire phone interview.”