This is Metric an indie rock/new wave band hailing from the great land of Canada. They are Emily Haines (vocals,synthesizer &guitar),James Shaw (guitar &theremin),Josh Winstead (bassist) and Joules Scott-Key (drummer). They started in Toronto but have been all over the world at various times.
Background Info:
Wikipedia
Offical Site Bio
I found them thanks to My One True Radio Station,aka the Alternative Channel on Music Choice. They kept playing “Help I’m Alive” and finally I just had to find out more about the band that made this song I liked so damn much.
So first I hit up RCRD LBL’s site to see if they had a listing for Metric,which they did:Metric page on RCRD LBL
Happily,they had two,not just one,songs available to stream &download. I’ve embedded the streaming player here,or you can just click on the link above.
Additionally,you can get an acoustic version of their song “Gimme Sympathy”by joining their mailing list:
At that time Lala.com was still alive,and so I used some of my sign-up credits to ‘buy’the streaming version of their album Fantasies. I fell in love. It was utterly delightful. I liked every single song and that is one of the things that’s really special for me. I want to be able to enjoy the entirety of what an artist/band has to offer,and with Metric that was no problem at all.
Here again was a female-lead band that played the music I enjoyed and had lyrics that didn’t depress me. And on top of that,they’re really good. I do hope you’ll give them a chance.
Important Links:
Official Site
Myspace
Twitter
YouTube
Buy Metric’s Fantasies:
Metric’s Webstore
Amazon [CD
iTunes
