Metric - Fantasies

Metric - Gold Guns Girls Metric Tour Dates 04/09/09 HMV - In-Store at 333 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario 04/12/09 Live 88.5 Lounge Ottawa, ON 04/14/09 Mod Club Toronto, Ontario 04/16/09 Apple Store Saint-Catherine Montreal, Quebec 04/24/09 Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival Whistler, British Columbia 05/04/09 La Maroquinerie Paris 05/05/09 Luxor Koln 05/06/09 Melkweg Amsterdam 05/08/09 Les Nuits Botanique Brussels 05/09/09 Magnet Berlin 05/11/09 Academy 3 Manchester 05/12/09 Oran Mor Glasgow 05/13/09 Kasbah Coventry 05/15/09 Great Escape Festival Brighton 05/16/09 Thekla Bristol 05/17/09 Oxford Academy Oxford 05/18/09 Electric Ballroom London 06/04/09 The Showbox Seattle, WA 06/05/09 Wonder Ballroom Portland,OR 06/06/09 BFD Fest San Francisco, CA 06/07/09 Independence Jam San Diego, CA 06/08/09 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, CA 06/11/09 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO 06/12/09 Granada Lawrence, Kansas 06/13/09 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN 06/14/09 Metro Chicago, Illinois 06/15/09 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI 06/17/09 Terminal 5 New York, NY 06/18/09 9:30 Club Washington, DC 06/19/09 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA 06/20/09 EDGEFEST - DOWNSVIEW PARK Toronto, Ontario Discography [2005] Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? [2007] Live It Out [2007] Grow Up and Blow Away (originally recorded in 2001) [2007] Knives Don't Have Your Back (Emily Haines) [2009] Fantasies Video   Gimme Sympathy [Official Music Video] Read More Metric http://weheartmus... Someone told me that his theory is that Toronto bands are really from one source: Broken Social S...

There seems to be a problem with music being leaked online, and in order to combat it, the record company are forced to release albums earlier than their original release dates. Case in point is Metric's Fantasies to be sold as of yesterday (April 7^th, originally scheduled for April 14^th). I suspect it has something to with the fact that it's been four years since Metric was together.

Edit: I'm am told the release date is still April 14^th, however digital version are made available once you preorder and exclusively on iTunes since March 31^st.

I did check out their pre-order page, it seems you're still going to have to wait until the end of April to get the 180g 12" and other specialty items. Still, if you're a mega fan, you'll definitely want the deluxe package, which will include a special VIP Fan Pass and "Hardcover Digipack CD". Very tempting!

So, I've briefly mentioned Metric before, and I noted that all Toronto musicians are from the big bang called Broken Social Scene. That's not exactly true, although Metric's two core members (Emily Haines and James Shaw) have played with BSS, Metric was actually formed a year earlier than BSS in New York.

 

Metric - Combat Baby

By 2004, Metric had a commercial success with "Combat Baby", which might have been sparked by iTunes' free download. The single moved the album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and pretty much followed by their award-winning sophomore album Live It Out. It sold so well in Canada that they released their original first album Grow Up and Blow Away - which was recorded a long time ago, but finally officially released in 2007.

I think singer/songwriter Emily Haines needed a break, at least from the full band, that she went solo for a time. I got a chance to catch her at the Varsity Theater a few years ago, where she mainly stuck with new darker Haines song.

With Fantasies, Haines explained in the "behind the scene" documentary below, that she went to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to escape the major city to do some music writing. She was relieved that no one in Argentina knew who she was and she seems genuine happy.

I am happy to let you know that I had a chance to listen to Fantasies for the past few days for review. Here are the songs that I really, really, like:

• "Gold Guns Girls"
  Heavy guitars and percussions starts the song with Haines weirdish sexual lyrics "all the toys and the tools in the box, couldn't get you off". I think this song will do really well, especially live. If you're hearing it for the first time, you probably won't hear or understand the lyrics, but the music will keep you feet-tapping.
• "Gimme Sympathy"
  I think this is the new single for the album, which I can't say I disagree with their pick. It features a lot of Haines' bold and hollow vocals. The video for the song is pretty standard "live" performance, but if you stayed to the end: scary children running on stage! BTW, two points for "Beatles" or "Rolling Stone" and "here comes the sun" references.
• "Satellite Mind"
  I really liked "Satellite Mind", I feel it has the same energy and tone as "Live It Out" from their album with the same title. And who can't relate to these lyrics: "I'm not suicidal, I just can't get out of bed.".

If you have the album and agree or disagree with me, let me know. If you don't have the album yet - they are allowing their entire album to be streamed online. So pick a song (or video) below:

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