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Last Gang Records
Released: September 27, 2005 |
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Metric
Metric’s 2003 debut, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was a statement of both resignation and resurrection: when the underground you once romanticized has given way to pre-fab Rebellion™, grab a shovel and start digging your own subterranean sanctuary. But spend enough time down and out of sight and you start feeling the need to come up for air. And when Metric did just that after a year of ceaseless, club-by-club conversions, they were confronted with a strangely beautiful sight: a crowd of people looking right back at them. The very fashionistas and consumerists they slyly satirizied in songs like “Dead Disco,” “Combat Baby” and “The List” were singing along with them. And it felt good.
That’s the funny thing about the never-ending battle between pop and art – the goalposts keep changing. And for Metric’s Emily Haines (vocals/synths), James Shaw (guitar), Josh Winstead (bass) and Joules Scott- Key (drums), the most exciting thing is being able to play for both sides. Over the course of 2004-05, Metric were everywhere, from MTV and commercial rock radio to French art-house cinemas (the band made a show-stopping cameo in Oliver Assayas’ 2004 junkie drama CLEAN); depending on the night, you could find Emily playing sombre solo piano shows in churches, or diving off the stage at Toronto’s Mod Club Theatre, where Metric played an unprecedented four sold-out nights in a row in January ’05. This is a band comfortable making music for both the misfits as the masses.
“I get freaked out by numbers, and the idea that if your audience grows, suddenly it’s going to be a bunch of frat boys,” Emily admits. “But more and more I just feel like those judgements about types of people and their musical tastes are ringing untrue to me. There are lot of people who would love to listen to Feist in the morning and Death from Above on a Friday night. People don’t like music according to a type.”
“It’s all just the idea of ‘don’t freak out,’” Emily explains. “Anything that happens to you is just your life getting lived. Sometimes it feels like we’re afraid of events and action of any kind. But if you can get a little distance from it, it becomes an incredible adventure no matter how things turn out.”
Experience it first-hand as Metric return for another US tour, riding high on the critical acclaim for Live It Out and their dynamic live shows. With Islands and End Of Fashiom along for the ride!
US Tour Dates
March
10 - New York City, Webster Hall
11 - Philadelphia, Starlight Ballroom
12 - Carrboro, Cat's Cradle
13 - Athens, 40 Watt Club & Ballroom
15 - Dallas, Gypsy Ballroom
17 - Austin, Stubb's
19 - Denver, Bluebird Theatre
21 - San Diego, House of Blues
23 - Los Angeles, Henry Fonda Theatre
24 - San Francisco, The Fillmore
26 - Portland, Wonder Ballroom
27 - Seattle, The Showbox
29 - Victoria, BC Legends
31 - Vancouver, BC The Commodore
April
1 - Vancouver, BC The Commodore
4 - Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
6 - Edmonton, AB Shaw Convention Centre
7 - Saskatoon, SK The Odeon
8 - Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
10 - Minneapolis, First Avenue
12 - Madison, The Annex
13 - Chicago, Metro
14 - Cincinnati, Bogarts
15 - Detroit, St. Andrews Hall
For a little more Metric before you see them live check out the band’s new video for “Poster of A Girl" along with “Monster Hospital.”
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