Critical acclaim for METRIC Art of Doubt out now via MMI/ Crystal Math Music WATCH “DARK SATURDAY” HERE

WATCH “DRESSED TO SUPPRESS” HERE

WATCH “NOW OR NEVER NOW” HERE photo credit: Justin Broadbent

“[Of ‘Dark Saturday’]...a raw “The group’s pulsating “Without fully shedding Metric’s and ragged new single...a biting synthesizers and looming guitars synths—or brightening Haines’ track about the super-rich...” carry new-wave urgency into the messaging, which remains 21st century.” awash in class critiques and “‘Dark Saturday’ cranks up the accounts of troublesome human guitars—and their buzzing amps— behavior—Art of Doubt is the “Bolstered by pulsating synths for a rocker that claims new-wave sound of a band that’s only and the urgent push-and-shove common ground between the Go- reinvigorated by the arrival of its of guitar, the thesis of [Metric’s Go’s and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs...” 20th anniversary.” LISTEN HERE new] LP is never more clear than in four-on-the-floor gem ‘Now or Never Now,’ a cautionary tale of living one’s life like a wallflower “...partly inspired by the at the discotheque.” chaotic state of the world, the “[Of ‘Dark Saturday’] In group is ready to rock again.” “[Of ‘Dressed to Supress’] [an] addition to recapturing Metric’s emotive performance video.” early chemistry, the album also “Metric seize a grandiose features a re-emphasis of guitar- moment on their new song driven arrangements.” ‘Now or Never Now.’” “[Of ‘Dressed to Supress’] Singer Emily Haines rips us apart with her vocal performance.”

“there’s a confidence and “[Of ‘Now or Never Now’] A tingly consideration here that and grandiose room-filler...the feels hard-earned” warmest and most uplifting of the band’s new singles to date.” “Defiance never “[Of ‘Dressed to Supress’] sounded so good.” Haines’ voice transforms from a whisper to hymn to snarl and back again. Guitars burn and cool accordingly.” “[Art of Doubt is] driven by massive rock guitars and soaring “instantly memorable and one of synthesizers, but also by Haines’s their best overall albums yet.” “one of our favorite vivid, poetic lyrics that tell the albums of the year” stories between the notes.”

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