14
Jun
There’s something about each and every @Metric album that draws out the neurotic, product-obsessed designer in me- that each album is a unique, complete experience. In a lot of ways, Synthetica, their newest which dropped today, follows what’s become a rich tradition. At the same time, though it also represents a culmination of sorts, a planetary alignment of all things amazing about Emily Haines and the band. ‘Fantasies’ gave us an hour of dark and sometimes angry yearning, and ‘Live it Out’ exploded with raw energy, each was a study in a targeted range of emotion. Sythetica, by contrast swings from joy, to optimism, to reflection on past pleasure and pain, and everything in between. Sonically, it’s everything we’ve heard in the past, that familiar voice, beautiful guitars and bass and percussion that infuse quiet energy. But it’s all in the packaging. It’s more polished, different, but without losing any of it’s edge. It bounces from electro to straight rock to pop without selling out to the radio or the Pitchfork hipsters. Metric, you’re showing us all that’s it’s possible to age gracefully in this business. And that it gets better…
