Grow Up And Blow Away
Metric's lost debut of sorts, recorded between 1999 and 2001, gives us a chance to get to know them more intimately-- as a charming singer/songwriterly band poised to arrive a little too late for the 1990s alterna-rock boom, when they would have fit in snugly with bubble-poppers, like Letters to Cleo, and scorers of imaginary films, like Self.
Metric is a leading light of Toronto's Broken Social Scene circle these days, but the band was far different when it recorded its first album, Grow Up And Blow Away, in 2001. Instead of the guitar-heavy foursome familiar on the recent Live It Out, Metric was a trip-hoppy duo comprising only singer Emily Haines and…
It's hard to believe that Metric couldn't find anyone to release this album following label changes.
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away review: Six years after it was recorded Last Gang Records is opening the vault and releasing Metric's formerly unreleased album, one that just might be Canadian indie pop band's best yet.