Buy This Car To Drive To Work, Drive To Work To Pay For This Car

Metric‘s 2005 release Live It Out seems to have been conceived in a secret laboratory with the purpose of combining my favourite music fixations: Female vocals + attitude filled lyrics + quiet/loud guitars = lethal cocktail.  Emily Haines oozes sexy immediacy as she delivers memorable soundbytes over a layer of jangly guitars and confident beats.

Momentarily dropping the more reflecting/spacey sound that the band is associated with from other releases, all worth pursuing, here Metric seem intent on delivering their manifesto in the most direct fashion without sacrificing the many soaring dynamics that characterise their sound.

The musical equivalent of racing a million dollar car down the wrong way of a one way street.

TRACKS:

Metric – Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Metric

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  • http://marcmaronrules.blogspot.com MMRules

    Sorry No Bandwith..
    Good posts though.. :)

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  • soph

    congrats on cougar by the way, haven’t spoken to you since you told me about it, as ever you are keeping me intouch, and always helping me find new stuff to listen to. catch up with yer soon. x#

  • Zara

    never heard of them. these guys are cool

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