Name: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Brand: Everloving
SKU: 63832316
Price: 21.11 USD
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Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

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Album: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
#	Song Title		Time
1)	IOU	More Info...
2)	Hustle Rose	More Info...
3)	Succexy	More Info...
4)	Combat Baby	More Info...
5)	Calculation Theme	More Info...
6)	Wet Blanket	More Info...
7)	On a Slow Night	More Info...
8)	The List	More Info...
9)	Dead Disco	More Info...
10)	Love Is a Place	More Info...

Album: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
#	Song Title		Time
1)	IOU	More Info...
2)	Hustle Rose	More Info...
3)	Succexy	More Info...
4)	Combat Baby	More Info...
5)	Calculation Theme	More Info...
6)	Wet Blanket	More Info...
7)	On a Slow Night	More Info...
8)	The List	More Info...
9)	Dead Disco	More Info...
10)	Love Is a Place	More Info...

Performer Notes

Metric: Emily Haines (vocals, keyboards); James Shaw (guitar, background vocals); Josh Winstead (bass); Joules Scott-Key (drums).
On its first full-length album--2003's OLD WORLD UNDERGROUND, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?--Metric effectively lays down its sonic template, mixing energetic indie-rock with calculated New Wave-influenced pop. Fronted by charismatic vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines, who, along with guitarist James Shaw, is also a member of the renowned Broken Social Scene collective, the band boldly veers from the atmospheric, keyboard-driven "Hustle Rose" to the revved-up "Combat Baby" to the morbidly giddy "Dead Disco." Though the latter two songs are the disc's most immediate stand-outs, the velvet-voiced Haines and company also offer up subtler material, most notably the chiming opener, "IOU" and the spare, plaintive closer, "Love Is a Place" (which recalls Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Modern Romance" ). While this record is arguably eclipsed by its accomplished 2005 follow-up, LIVE IT OUT, OLD WORLD UNDERGROUND still serves as an ideal introduction to Metric's fascinating sound.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (4/04, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[W]onderfully succinct pop....A triumph."

CMJ (7/21/03, p.6) - "...Right on the pulse of contemporary cool..."