Right off the top I will admit that I have a love/hate relationship with Metric. That's a shame since they are hometown folks done good.
On the one hand they have written some of the most memorable indie rock songs of the last decade. On the other hand their albums have been consistently inconsistent, failing to deliver of the promise of the singles.
The new album, Fantasies (out April 14th), does little to change that opinion.
The band don't stray far from the glitzy electro-rock that we've come to expect from them. Emily Haines is as sultry-cool an indie rock chick as ever. And the album has definite peeks and valleys.
There are a handful of great tracks here. The conversation with cupid "Sick Muse", flashy "Gold Guns Girls" and "Gimme Sympathy" (and the chorus 'who would you rather be The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?') are typical high tempo, sexually charged Metric tracks.
However, "Twilight Galaxy", "Blindness", and "Collect Call" are perfect examples of Metric songs that disappoint. They all smolder, but none of them ever catch fire.
On a handful of occasions the band does leave their comfort zone. "Front Row" features James Shaw's guitar more grinding away more prominently than we have been treated to before, while "Stadium Love" is a full blown arena rocker. And I'll be damned if it doesn't work exceedingly well.
Fortunately, the good does outweigh the blase on Fantasies. However, the album still has you wishing Metric could deliver just a few more inspired hooks.
Best tracks: "Sick Muse", "Stadium Love"
Track listing for Fantasies:
- Help I'm Alive
- Sick Muse
- Satellite Mind
- Twilight Galaxy
- Gold Guns Girls
- Gimme Sympathy
- Collect Call
- Front Row
- Blindness
- Stadium Love
6.0
6 praise/complaints:
this review does nothing for me as my favorites tracks on the album include "Collect Call" and "Blindness". Both tracks are haunting and beautiful. But the strongest tracks on the album are "Help, I'm Alive," "Gimme Sympathy," and "Stadium Love". I love almost every song on this album, and I was quite surprised by that considering that this was not the case with their previous efforts.
My favourite tracks on the album are actually 'Blindness' and 'Gold Gun Girls'.
I also enjoy most songs on this album. It is possibly their best album.
Yeah "Blindless" "Collect Call" "Gold Gun Girls" and "Gimme Sympathy" are my favourites off the album so far. I'm so glad they didn't go too mainstream like most brilliant bands eventually do. They managed to stay true to their original sound. I love this album. Worth the wait for sure :)
Metric did an amazing job on this album, but thats just my opinion.
Hah.
i agree completely with anonymous.
Collect call is def one of my favorites..i don't think this had to be an arena rock album, it sounds great the way it is. i agree that metric is inconsistent with the sounds of their albums, but live it out kinda sounds like this one i think.
Ohmigawd ,
I LOVE LOVE LOVE metric,
there whole album is FANTSTIC!
i've been listening to it for a while,
l love every single song!
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