Current Release Aghast Agape EP Matador Europe ole-629 12"EP/CDEP Street Date: Nov 8, 2004 (Oct 12 in US on Dim Mak)

New MP3 New official Site Bio Photos

10/07/04 — CMJ shows in NYC, new website
in the run-up to the late October release of their debut Dim Mak EP, 'Aghast Agape', the Prosaics have a bunch of shows happening around CMJ time, in New York City, as follows:

Wed - Oct 13 - Javits Center
Fri - Oct 15 - D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, The Sound Box, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, with Mellow Drone and the Tears, and DJ Tim "Love" Lee; Prosaics set time is 11:30
Sat - Oct 16 - AAM Showcase, Arlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street between Ludlow and Orchard, Prosaics set time is 1:15 PM in the afternoon; also playing: Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Arcade Fire, Sparta, Q and Not U
Sat - Oct 16 - Sin-e, at midnight, Dim Mak, Cold Crush and Ten Fingers Showcase, with Paul Frank, Anthem Magazine and Polaroidscene.com; also playing: Mahjohngg, Ben Lee, Pony Up! and Lion Fever

Matador Europe's release for 'Aghast Agape' follows on November 8. Our new Prosaics page can be found at
matadorrecords.com/prosaics, and the band's newly refurbished website can be viewed at prosaics.com.

Finally, the band would like to thank everyone who came out to their record release show and party last weekend.

09/03/04 — Prosaics EP on Dim Mak and Matador Europe
At Matador we don't sign bands all the time, because a) we're so thrilled with the ones we're already working with and b) it's rare that we find someone who captures our imaginations the same way our established faves have. Well, not without wanting millions of dollars. Imaginations well and truly caught we've signed New York's Prosaics (prosaics.com) and shall be releasing their debut 5-song CD EP, 'Aghast Agape' in the UK and Europe this October. US release will come courtesy of the superfine Dim Mak label on CD and 12".

The Prosaics are three guys from NYC that have the contemporary vs. timeless thing going on in a way that recalls many of our fave sounds from the '70's-2000's, but they deliver the goods in a way that's so locked into-this-very-moment, memories get erased pretty fast.

Equal parts dissonance and melody, the Prosaics' propulsive rhythms, boiling-point bass lines, convulsive guitars, and graceful vocals bristle against the austere structures that frame their sounds. Chaos has rarely been so controlled, or anthemic.

Visitors to the 2nd worst NY event after the GOP Convention, the CMJ Music Marathon, can see the Prosaics at Sin-e on October 16. They will also have an opportunity to see them at Northsix on Friday, October 1, which will be the record release party for the Dim Mak EP.

Matador will be releasing a full length Prosaics album in 2005.