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Joe Casey (January 31, 1977)
Vocal Range: E♭2 - G♯4
Associated Act(s): Protomartyr (2008 – present, also known as Butt Babies from 2008 to 2010 lmao)

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{Discography}
Protomartyr:
No Passion All Technique (B2 – G♯4)
Under Color Of Official Right (G♯2 – G4)
The Agent Intellect (E2 – E4)
Relatives In Descent (E♭2 – G4)
Consolation E.P. (G2 – G4)
Ultimate Success Today (F♯2 - G♯4)
Formal Growth In The Desert (F2 - G♯4)
+ singles and other appearances

Significant High Notes:
G♯4 ("Make Way", “Too Many Jewels”, “Tranquilizer”)
G4 (“Born To Be Wine”, “Elimination Dances", "French Poet”, “Fun in Hi Skool", "Machinist Man”, “Make Way", "Principalities”, “Tarpeian Rock”, “Up The Tower”, “Wait”, “Want Remover”, “Whatever Happened To The Saturn Boys?”)
F♯4 ("3800 Tigers", “Feral Cats”, “Free Supper”, “French Poet”, "Fun in Hi Skool", “Hot Wheel City”, “I Am You Now”, “King Boots”, "Slang Words", “Too Many Jewels”, “Wait”, “Wheel Of Fortune”, “Windsor Hum”)
F4 (“Born To Be Wine”, “Corpses In Regalia”, “Here Is The Thing”, “In My Sphere”, “Jumbo’s”, “Machinist Man”, "Polacrilex Kid", "Want Remover”, “Wheel Of Fortune”)
E4 (“(Don’t You) Call Out My Name”, “580 Memories”, “Bad Advice”, “Born To Be Wine”, “Bubba Helms”, “Day Without End”, “Feral Cats”, ”For Tomorrow", "Forbidden”, “Hot Wheel City”, “”I Am You Now”, I’ll Take That Applause”, “In My Sphere”, “King Boots”, “Male Plague”, “Michigan Hammers”, “Modern Business Hymns”, “Principalities”, "Polacrilex Kid", "Rope", “Scum, Rise!”, "Slang Words", “The Author", "The Hermit”, “Too Many Jewels”, ”Wait”, “Want Remover”, “Whatever Happened To The Saturn Boys?”, “Wine Of Ape”, “Ypsilanti”)
E♭4 (“Corpses In Regalia”, “Cowards Starve”, “Elimination Dances", "Free Supper”, “Let's Tip The Creator", "Male Plague”, “Same Face In A Different Mirror”, “Son Of Dis”, “The Devil In His Youth”, “Uncle Mother’s”, “Up The Tower”, “Wheel Of Fortune”, “Why Does It Shake?”, “Windsor Hum”, “Ypsilanti”)
D4 (“(Don’t You) Call Out My Name”, “3 Swallows”, "3800 Tigers", “580 Memories”, “A Private Understanding”, “Ain’t So Simple”, “Bad Advice”, “Born To Be Wine”, “Day Without End”, “Feral Cats”, “For Tomorrow", "French Poet”, "Fun in Hi Skool", “Here Is The Thing”, “Hot Wheel City”, “I Am You Now”, “Jumbo’s”, “Machinist Man”, “Michigan Hammers”, “Modern Business Hymns”, “My Children”, "Polacrilex Kid", “Principalities”, “Same Face In A Different Mirror”, “Scum, Rise!”, "Slang Words", “Tarpeian Rock”, “The Author", "The Hermit”, “Uncle Mother’s”, “Violent”, “Want Remover”, “What The Wall Said”)

Significant Low Notes:
D3 (“3 Swallows”, “A Private Understanding”, “Bad Advice”, “Bubba Helms”, “Caitriona”, “Clandestine Time”, “Day Without End”, “Feral Cats”, “I Stare At Floors”, “In My Sphere”, “Let's Tip The Creator", "Modern Business Hymns”, "Polacrilex Kid", “Pontiac 87”, “Tarpeian Rock”, “The Author", "The Devil In His Youth”, “The Hermit”, “Trust Me Billy”, “Uncle Mother’s”, “Violent”, "Want Remover”, “Worm In Heaven”, “You Always Win”)
C♯3 (“Blues Festival”, “Boyce Or Boice”, “Bridge & Crown”, “Cartier E.G.s”, “Come & See”, “Dope Cloud”, “Ellen”, “Feast Of Stephen”, “Free Supper”, “Forbidden”, "Fulfillment Center", “I Forgive You”, “Graft vs. Host", "June 18th”, “Michigan Hammers”, “Night-Blooming Cereus”, "Polacrilex Kid", “Principalities”, "Rope", “Same Face In A Different Mirror”, "Up The Tower”, “Wait”, “Windsor Hum”, “Ypsilanti")
C3 (“580 Memories”, “A Private Understanding”, “Caitriona”, “Corpses In Regalia”, “Ellen”, “Half Sister”, "Jumbo’s”, “Let's Tip The Creator", "Modern Business Hymns”, “My Children”, “Night-Blooming Cereus”, “Rain Garden", "The Chuckler”, “The Devil In His Youth”, “Uncle Mother’s”, “Why Does It Shake?”, “Worm In Heaven”, “You Always Win”)
B2 (“Blues Festival”, “Bubba Helms”, “Clandestine Time”, “Come & See”, “Cowards Starve”, “Day Without End”, “Don’t Go To Anacita”, “I Forgive You”, "Graft vs. Host", “Pontiac 87”, “The Chuckler”, “Too Many Jewels”, “Wait”, "We Know the Rats", “Wheel Of Fortune”, “Windsor Hum”)
B♭2 (“Boyce Or Boice”, “Bridge & Crown”, “Caitriona”, “Corpses in Regalia”, “Dope Cloud”, “Ellen”, "Fun in Hi Skool", "I Stare At Floors”, “Night-Blooming Cereus”, “Rain Garden", "The Devil In His Youth”, “The Hermit”)
A2 ("Clandestine Time”, “Day Without End”, “Forbidden”, “Make Way", Michigan Hammers”, “Same Face In A Different Mirror”, “The Chuckler”, “Wheel Of Fortune”, “You Always Win”)
G♯2 ("Come & See”, “Dope Cloud”, “Feast Of Stephen”, "Fulfillment Center", “Graft vs. Host", "June 18th”, "Rope", “Windsor Hum”)
G2 ("A Private Understanding”, “Corpses In Regalia”, “Feast Of Stephen”, “Make Way", My Children”, “Wheel Of Fortune”)
F♯2 (“Day Without End”, "Michigan Hammers", “Pontiac 87”, "Up The Tower”)
F2 ("Make Way", "Rain Garden")
E2 ("A Private Understanding”, “Clandestine Time”)
E♭2 (“Up The Tower”)

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{Description}
The most well suited post-punk vocalist Detroit has to offer. Quite literally, as you can usually see him rocking tight workplace blazers and and suits, even in the sunlight. He stands dead still as he rambles, shouts and croons his multi-faceted, abstract musings on humanity's past, present and future. Chances are, he's had or is currently having a few beers to loosen up. He's been said to look like "a degenerate community college professor", "a Belgian lorry driver" and a "disgruntled middle manager after a cocaine breakfast", possessing a stage persona that "often veers into a dead-on impersonation of a crazy guy in the bus station walking around talking to himself." God, I love the "DESCRIPTIONS OF JOE CASEY" page on Tumblr. But yeah, Joe Casey, everyone.

Joe Casey's vocal style usually falls into the category of sprechsang, usually delivering his vocals in a manner of dramatically speaking/shouting, with some melodic cadences. There's not much concern over sustaining notes or staying on-key, though Casey usually maintains a semblance of pitch in his vocals. In terms of range, he seems quite potent going off in the lower-to-mid 4th octave (maintaining full vocal force up to about G4), with his lower register being present and reasonably strong in the upper 2nd octave (though a tad more disconnected/breathy when lower). Though his style is anything but classical or technical, his vocal fach seems closest to that of a higher placed baritone. An underrated facet of Casey's voice is its stamina, letting loose for uninterrupted, loud segments in his upper register with an emotive (usually disdainful) delivery. His performances feel a lot like monologues being delivered with no preparation, but a lot of aloof energy carrying them. His stonewalled, sometimes deadpan persona and vocal style serve as his signature characteristics, with a knack for poetic, verbose lyrics adding further appeal to his distinctive style. An imperfectly perfect match for the raw, urban apocalypse encompassed in Protomartyr's music.

Oh, also, here are more descriptions: descriptionsofjoecasey.tumblr.com/?og=1

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{Bolded Notes}
G4 ("Up The Tower")
F♯4 ("Feral Cats")
F4 ("Wheel Of Fortune")
E4 ("In My Sphere")

C3 ("Corpses In Regalia")
B2 ("Day Without End", "Pontiac 87")
B♭2 ("Dope Cloud")
A2 (“Same Face In A Different Mirror")
F2 ("Make Way")

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{Questionable Notes}
G5 (“Want Remover” [5])
D5 ("Elimination Dances" [5], "In My Sphere" [1])

B♭2 ("3800 Tigers" [1])
G2 ("Polacrilex Kid" [1])

[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.