Tracks of the Week

• I Still Remember - Bloc Party (A Weekend In The City)
• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan (Live Version)
• The Magnificent Seven - The Clash (Sandinista!)
• Caught Up - The Fall of Troy (Manipulator)
• Everlong - Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape)

No one's getting out

I finally got around to another album review.

Metric hails from Canada with an intriguing indie pop/new wave sound utilizing melodic guitar riffs and keyboards. This is their most recent studio album and was welcomed with fairly warm reviews, and since it's been the subject of my most recent musical digging, I thought I'd throw in my two-cents worth.

This album definitely qualifies as one of my top-fifteen albums. Before I start in on my rambling, I'll list my favorite tracks:

• Sick Muse
• Gimme Sympathy
• Stadium Love
• Front Row
• Gold Guns Girls

'Gold Guns Girls' was the first song I heard from the album and likely the first Metric song I heard. The most famous song from the album and the most scrobbled on their last.fm is 'Help I'm Alive'. I do enjoy this track, but other songs stood out to me more. 'Sick Muse' is by far my favorite, with it's lyrics dismissing affection in ways other songs haven't. It's much more honest in it's dismissal of whatever love means. 'Front Row' is the most organic, rock sounding track, with a much more 'band-ier' sound rather among the fluid keyboards and synths on the rest of the album. 'Gimme Sympathy' is straight-up lovely, there's not much more I can say about it. The whole album is honest, in a nutshell.

The one thing I disliked on the album is the length of the songs. While some fit snugly into their 3:30 or 4 minute times, half of the songs could have easily had 30 to 50 seconds shaved off, which would've made the album considerably more listenable. 

I give it 8 out of 10. Solid.