Pagans in Vegas
Pagans in Vegas is Metric's slinkiest, slickest album to date. It deepens the new-wave dalliances of its predecessor (2012's Synthetica), exploring the binary between authenticity and artificiality with zero subtlety.
Long gone are the days of Metric, the sassy indie-rock quartet with downtown New York style and angular guitar riffs. After abandoning its edges for the glossier pop perfectionism of Fantasies, the group’s last effort lived up to its Synthetica title, transitioning the band into more synthpop sounds and dance-floor…
After releasing two albums that turned Metric into an arena-filling indie rock band, with a sound designed to reach the very back rows, the band scaled back both their ambitions and approach on their sixth record, 2015's Pagans in Vegas.
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Metric - Pagans In Vegas review: True to frustrating form… Too bad, so sad.