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Help I'm Alive Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Songwriting
"[Paralysis] is a common feeling among musicians," Metric singer Emily Haines once told an interviewer. "You're still so disoriented from all the touring and the first thing you're meant to do when...
Music
Metric's sound can be best described as show-meets-studio. By that, we mean that the band's tracks all have a decidedly "live performance" feel; they're raw and gritty and reflect the energy you ge...
Calling Card
Metric has only recently won huge mainstream pop success in the United States, but the band has been around for almost a decade. And the band's four members have, of course, been playing music even...