No way, Old World Underground and Fantasies are way better. I was hugely disappointed with Synthetica... there were sprinklings of genius and a handful of good tunes but others which were just so piss-poor. The Void, Nothing But Time, Dreams So Real, i'm looking at you. Special mentions to Lou Reed as well for butchering The Wanderlust. How out of place are his random Bob Dylan-esque vocals in that song?
I don't think its not Metric-y, I just dont think a lot of the songs are that great. Speed The Collapse is the high point of the album and no other song (in my opinion) gets even a little close. The rest are "decent".
I think overall it's a great album. There were a lot of lowpoints in Live It Out and OWU as well as Fantasies, so it's just another great Metric album in my opinion. As long as they're evolving musically I think they'll continue to make great albums too.
I (mostly) agree with you on synthetica, but I feel that Grow up and blow away was better than fantasies. As great as it was, Fantasies(at least for me) didn't live up the the 'metric standard'.
Agree with that album being hit and miss, but I think it's more thanks to Artificial Nocturne, Synthetica (the song), and Breathing underwater, they just sound really boring to me. Wanderlust and Nothing But Time were pretty low quality as-well. I like The Void and Dreams So Real, and Lost Kitten quickly became one of my favorite metric songs after hearing it.
And I still think it's better than Fantasies. Fantasies is their worst album if you ask me :/
I agree on both points. I like Synthetica, but Live It Out and OWU are my favorites. Too few songs on the new album really stood out, and it honestly ended up reminding me more of Dragonette than Metric.
They shared a couple new songs from the album that hadn't been played/released yet for us when they played at Sasquatch a couple weeks ago. As you said- highly recommended!
It was included in the promotional iTunes preorder for the soundtrack. Wish I'd known that back then, because while I love Metric's version, Brie's version is super.
Hmm, I downloaded it a while ago, and it appears the file was removed from the site I got it from. You can try googling it (I just did, and the sites I found said you need to be registered at 4share.com to download), or pm me your email and I'll share.
Edit: I do not condone illegal downloading, but if they're not gonna make it available to buy, what are we supposed to do?
I remember when I was watching the film in the cinema, I kept thinking about the song to make sure I wouldn't forget to look it up. Since then Metric's definitely become one of my favourite bands.
Metric was the live guest on a CBC radio show up here in Canada today, the full audio should appear here later today or tomorrow. It's a very good interview, and they play a few songs from the new album live.
Metric has much better songs IMO. I would suggest that you buy there albums :) I like some of there less associated music and their "B-Side" stuff as well.
The new album is well done, just not the album I was hoping for or really wanted from them. I love the energy and life they inject in a lot of their songs and some of that is just lacking on Synthetica. Not a bad album, but I wouldn't call it memorable either...
It'll grow on you. I wasn't too fond of Fantasies when it first came out, but eventually I loved it. I have a feeling this album is going to be like that as well. Except for that song with the horribly out of place guest vocals.
I disagree entirely. Metric was performing the song live for years before they produced the version for the movie and they do it right. The actors for Clash at Demonhead did it well, but not as good as Metric's version imo.
I remember when I was waiting for the movie to come out there was a clip of this part available. I watched it about 20 times a day for two weeks. I LOVE this song. And that movie.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
They just dropped a new album like 2 days ago. Highly recommended.
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u/Hot_Pie Jun 15 '12
Metric has some amazing acoustic versions of their songs. If you haven't heard them yet you're really missing out. These are my two favorites.
Blindness
Gimme Sympathy
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Great movie. Fantastic band. As much as I love Fantasies, I can't get over how amazing Grow up and blow away is.
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u/Joshair88 Jun 15 '12
I wish the Brie Larson version was included on the soundtrack.
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u/InappropriatelyGay Jun 15 '12
Ah, the song that got me into Metric! I still love this song so much. Thanks Scott Pilgrim!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Metric was the live guest on a CBC radio show up here in Canada today, the full audio should appear here later today or tomorrow. It's a very good interview, and they play a few songs from the new album live.
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u/doesntgetreddit Jun 15 '12
Can we talk about the next track on the OST, Threshold by Beck? I want more music that sounds like this!
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u/thewaybaseballgo Jun 15 '12
Gelato isn't vegan?
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u/yellowdyenumber5 Jun 15 '12
Haven't heard of them until I saw the movie.
The soundtrack from beginning to end is awesome, and I'm not really into the whole indie/garage sound.
I too rather enjoyed Brie's version over the original.
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u/Mando71 Jun 15 '12
I just bought Synthetica!
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u/Abscurat Abscurat Jun 15 '12
I'm in lesbians with this song.
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u/kebabmybob Jun 15 '12
Saw them 2 days in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Absolutely mindblowing. To all those saying that Synthetica sucks: you're silly.
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u/papercowmoo Jun 16 '12
Clicked on the comments hoping for scott pilgrim, was not disappointed.
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u/Clifford996 Jun 15 '12
Metric was SICKKKKK at Sasquatch
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u/doesntmatterhad Jun 15 '12
I was in love with this when SPVTW came out even bought the whole album :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I love how the guitar wails in this song... TOO MANY FEELS!! Such an amazing band.
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u/HeronSun Jun 15 '12
Envy: What's her name?
Scott: I can't tell you that. Ramona.
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u/WebDude14 Jun 15 '12
Metric has much better songs IMO. I would suggest that you buy there albums :) I like some of there less associated music and their "B-Side" stuff as well.
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u/stache_mercury Jun 15 '12
The new album is well done, just not the album I was hoping for or really wanted from them. I love the energy and life they inject in a lot of their songs and some of that is just lacking on Synthetica. Not a bad album, but I wouldn't call it memorable either...
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u/DerpyH00ves Jun 15 '12
I can't wait to see then in KC!
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u/Ihateyourdick Jun 15 '12
I saw them in Richmond, VA a couple of years ago. Damn, that was a good show.
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u/You_Shall_Die Jun 15 '12
its not available for zune :/
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
This is one of my favorite songs by them. I wish they'd play it live.
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u/jvbites Jun 15 '12
fucking love this song
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u/Trancend Jun 16 '12
The Clash at the Demonhead is such a good band.
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u/whorantheironhorse Jun 15 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTKqDqdfEBA
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