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Peterborough ON, Canada

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Emily Haines is the lead singer of the Canadian band Metric. She is also a part-time member of Broken Social Scene. She has contributed backing vocals to albums by other Broken Social Scene alumni, such as solo albums by Jason Collett and albums by Stars.

Emily is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines and sister of Canadian television journalist Avery Haines. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 3, she grew up in a milieu rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents’ footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA). There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Stars.

Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992-1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995-1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort, entitled “Cut in Half and Also Double”, with a limited number of copies.

Haines has also ventured out into a small solo career, playing a limited number of shows with Amy Millan as the opener. Haines’ act consisted of just herself (blindfolded), and a piano.

Her band Metric has most recently released a new album entitled Fantasies.
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  • brenin789

    jesus christ this is such an unorganized page, all the soft skeleton albums have to be taken off because most of these songs aren't actually this solo project

    18 days ago

  • bazzarelli

    I couldn't possibly describe the great amount of contribution Emily Haines has given to that which I call good music. I've been following her work since I was 15, and despite the fact that I much dislike how mainstream she's gone with Metric, this here will stay perfect. Thank you, Emily.

    March 2012

  • nanasubways

    @Zar-Unity, what you mean is you don't like her voice, and that's just a matter of opinion.. she sings perfectly fine!

    February 2012

  • Zar-Unity

    She's hot but she can't sing..

    February 2012

  • SimoneBerlioz

    <3

    January 2012

  • Dan_nysh

    Emily ♥

    October 2011

  • iluvslug

    i luv her sooo much

    August 2011

  • gastons

    eden ♥

    August 2011
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20 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/emilyhaines

As you've probably noticed, I haven't updated this page since 2008. As it turns out, a lot of life still happens offline!If you're looking for me online these days you'll find me with METRIC, …

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