Denver's Primitive Man return with Immersion this summer. Immersion is the group's third full-length and comes out August 14 on Relapse Records.
Check out the lead single, "The Lifer," below. The album will be available on LP, cd, cassette, and digital formats.
Immersion Track Listing:
1. The Lifer
2. Entity
3. Menacing
4. ∞
5. Foul
6. Consumption
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