Metric
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19,511,237 plays (597,941 listeners)
New York City, United States (1998 – present)
Their debut album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001, but the official release was delayed for years by their record label. As the years passed, the band’s sound changed to the point where they no longer felt the album would be what the fans expected to hear, so Metric recorded a completely new album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, that was released in 2003. Their third album, Live It Out, was originally released in 2005, but followed by a Drowned in Sound UK release in 2006. Last Gang Records later purchased the rights to their delayed album, Grow Up and Blow Away, did minor changes to the tracklist and released it on June 26, 2007.
Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, kc accidental, Delerium, The Stills, and Jason Collett. Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, bang lime, and Haines has released a solo album under the name Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton.
Metric is also featured on the Cannes-awarded (Best Actress) film “Clean”, playing themselves.
Their latest album, Fantasies, was released in 2009.
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Dead Disco
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Monster Hospital
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Grow Up and Blow Away
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Succexy
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Shoutbox
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ScorchedFreak wrote:
Watch out cupid stuck me with the sickness, pull your little arrows - let me live my life
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reactions wrote:
I love Metric.
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psychomode wrote:
help i'm alive is fucking great
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tigerclown wrote:
Favourite song is Gold, Guns and Girls.
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tigerclown wrote:
Fantasies is the best album I've heard in years. Every song is brilliant and unusual. Great arrangemants, weird sentiments. Love it!!!
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talkloud wrote:
help i'm alive is AWESOME are your ears broken or something?
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andtigers wrote:
sure are boring
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Kaleidoscopemon wrote:
I think their new album is quite good actually.
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majo22 wrote:
ME ENCANTAN TODAS SUS CANCIONES! LO MAXIMO!
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kulturalnycham wrote:
<3
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kthompson6 wrote:
help I'm alive is annoying [3] repetitive much?
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JonathanCoker wrote:
help i'm alive is annoying [2]
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istabmyfriends wrote:
they had a good sound, i don't like how they went with a more mainstream sound on their new one
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_PennyLane_ wrote:
why ppl keep voting for the old photos? the new ones are so much better >_<
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Eltamore wrote:
I don't think they'll ever top Old World Underground.
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Derity wrote:
i want to see them live... :///
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robertsona_last wrote:
help i'm alive is annoying
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TIGRESUANL wrote:
this band blow my mind this weekend, get ready world here they come!
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Pryde wrote:
On July 13th start the 1st Matchday of The Canadian Rock League. I hope you join and have fun ;-)
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xxvanillaxx wrote:
i can't believe Help I'm Alive was written in Buenos Aires... and here in Argentina, Metric is soooo underrated (not even a well-known band). Sometimes i think some people here doesn't know to really appreciate good music... Metric is one of the greatest bands ever...
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Events
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Jul
16
Festival d'Été de Québec
Impérial de Québec, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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Jul
25
2009 Virgin Festival B.C.
Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, Vancouver BC, Canada
3 shouts
| 15 attendees
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Aug
1
Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll
City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA, Boston, United States
1 shout
| 53 attendees
News
METRIC on Letterman and MTV!
10 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metricband
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7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metricband
Listeners
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Nautanen
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Ekasra
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christsay
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cheesehenderson
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Recent Activity
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musicismyfood, alexismark, dulce1481 and 8 other people added Metric to their libraries. 24 minutes ago
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dreamgeek tagged Metric with ‘seen live’. 3 hours ago
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- Metric posted a news item ‘METRIC on Letterman and MTV!’. yesterday evening
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