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00-metric-old_world_underground_where_are_you_now-2003_int.nfo
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
ARTIST.....: Metric
TITLE......: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
LABEL......: Elgonix / Everloving
URL........: www.ilovemetric.com
RIP DATE...: Sep-08-2005
STORE DATE.: Sep-02-2003
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: 192 / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 51,2 MB
Track Listing:
01 - IOU 04:22
02 - Hustle Rose 05:33
03 - Succexy 03:05
04 - Combat Baby 03:29
05 - Calculation Theme 03:31
06 - Wet Blanket 04:07
07 - On A Slow Night 04:36
08 - The List 02:52
09 - Dead Disco 03:25
10 - Love Is A Place 02:09
37:09 min
Release Notes:
When your band is best known for sharing an apartment with the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, there's clearly a lot of room for the development
of a slightly more personal hype. Such is the case with Metric.
Reportedly starting their band based on a mutual distaste for
white Toronto funk bands, Metric melds together the usual suspects
(The Cure, XTC, The Velvet Underground, New Order) for a new
wave-tinged exploration of off-kilter indie rock.
You may remember frontwoman Emily Haines from her work with Broken
Social Scene and Stars. Here, she seldom attempts the kind of
mesmerizing, super-hushed whispers of BSS's "Anthems for a
Seventeen Year-Old Girl", instead showing off a nicely breathy
sing/talk and a clear affinity for vocal fluctuations and cadence
changes. The subject matter is even more varied than her vocal
range: spanning topics as diverse as a friend's altered clothing
aesthetic ("On a Slow Night"), to the importance of social status
("The List"), to the inquiry of whether it's "wrong to want more
than a folk song" ("Wet Blanket"), Haines has an array of lyrical
targets on display and she, more or less, handles the shooting
range.
One of the most stunning successes on Old World Underground,
"Succexy" takes issue with the political agenda of the U.S.
government from a more creative stance than the indie world's
typical anti-Bush rhetoric and generalizations. Instead of placing
the blame purely on the government, Haines claims, "All we do is
talk, sit, switch screens/ As the homeland plans enemies."
Slipping between power chords and her own serpentine synth lines,
Haines juxtaposes sex and war without sounding lost in her own
thoughts.
Metric aren't overly adept from a technical standpoint, and their
melodies sometimes feel a bit too simplistic, but, in attempting a
mix between accessible dance-punk and new wave, they do deliver
where it counts: their rhythm section is incredibly tight, and
drummer Joules Scott-Key's delightfully funky meter is
particularly notable. Still, the band rarely attempts anything out
of the ordinary, and their lack of innovative arrangements often
translates to a tendency for existing ideas to overstay their
welcome.
With Emily Haines' previous work as a frame of reference, you'd be
right to assume that Metric does maintain an aura of talent, with
the band serving as a hard melodic edge to her serene, plaintive
vocal. Though still searching for their place in the ever-evolving
world of indie rock, Metric, in their current incarnation, promise
great things sooner rather than later.
-Rollie Pemberton, September 25th, 2003 (pitchforkmedia.com)
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