I rarely write negative reviews. Instead I discard the album from my memory as quickly as possible. Even the act of THINKING about unfortunate music releases for too long exhausts me. Drains all positive areas of the brain and replaces those little capsules of light with “….UGH!”. This affect is completely and incredibly magnified when the anticipated release of an album occupies my thoughts for MONTHS. I start to formulate the storyline in my dreams: mysterious start, intrigue, intrigue, a few twists, CRESCENDO, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE FINISH TO AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM.
and so, I will keep this short, as not to ruin my entire day…
The new Metric album sucks. It sucks. I would have liked it, MAYBE, when I listened to B*witched and Aqua 12 years ago. It sounds like the band fell into a downwards spiral of trying too hard to recreate hits like “Dead Disco” and “Succexy” but came up 3 miles too short. The songs sometimes come close and sound a little like the sort of hits their trying to be, but the chorus’ don’t contain that attitude and push that Emily Haines threw at us in Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? From the video on the website I was waiting for some sort of SURPRISE, some sort of location influence maybe? A big change in sound? I mean it has been quite a few years…I don’t know, all in all I think it just sounds immature, the sound is immature, I mean most of the songs remind me of THE GOD DAMN VERONICAS or Jimmy Eat World or something! FRICK! I think maybe my 14 year old sister would appreciate this album a lot more than I did.
I don’t know, maybe I’m just being bitter over not attending SXSW. Maybe the album will grow on me. For now, though, lets go back to 2001 when Grow Up and Blow Away was released:
I am Tamara, I live in Montreal, Quebec.
I do not speak french
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Check this Fine Mist; throw a party in yr living room.
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you are so right, tamara.
had the same thoughts.
michael
Tam,
I’m very sad this album didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to! Especially because you were so excited for it.
Love,
Sam
Ps. this was in no way sarcastic, I actually feel quite sad for you. Hehe!