image via The Playlist
I’m not sure where my thoughts lie with a new Metric album coming down the pipe in just a few short months. As much as I loved Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, the follow-up in 2007 was just a major disappointment. Some of you may disagree, but the band drifted so far away from what made them special in the first place, and decided to just “rock out” with 2007’s Live It Out.
Thankfully, the saving grace for this band came with Emily Haines fantastic solo record and subsequent EP. If anything, this is the direction the music should’ve went if such a drastic change was necessary. With that being said, consider my interest peaked once the new record, Fantasies, is released on April 14th. I actually missed this single that was floating around towards the end of last year, but i’ve been listening to it quite a bit, and it’s actually pretty good.
What Metric has to do with Edgar Wright’s (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) upcoming graphic novel adaptation Scott Pilgrim VS. The World, according to The Playlist, is that acclaimed producer Nigel Godrich had asked the band to contribute a track to the film. The unreleased track to be used is called “Black Sheep.”
I’ve actually never read the graphic novel, but the casting news has been really great over the past month or so with Michael Cera landing the lead role.
MP3: Metric :: “Help I’m Alive”
MP3: Metric :: “Help I’m Alive (acoustic)”
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Wow I’d never heard the acoustic version of that song before, I like it more than the normal version.
I’m assuming that acoustic version is from the live show they did in NY awhile back?
It was made available as a free download on their website. Not exactly sure where it’s from originally. But yeah, I really prefer it over the original.