{"id":3649,"date":"2009-04-25T21:54:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T01:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2009-04-25T21:54:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T01:54:45","slug":"metric-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/artist-of-the-day\/04\/25\/metric-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Metric (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s artist of the day is Metric. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/artist-of-the-day\/08\/24\/metric\/\">detailed in a previous Artist of the Day<\/a>, Metric is a new age\/indie\/new wave rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario and Oakland, California. Their latest album was released last week, entitled <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001SZ29NC?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=probefhos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001SZ29NC\">Fantasies<\/a><\/em>. The album <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/12921-fantasies\/\">received a 6.4 on Pitchfork<\/a>, saying in the new album &#8220;there is a dreamy quality here that eschews the vague, easy rhymes and lyrical polemics of past Metric records in favor of romance and sex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From the most recent album, Gimme Sympathy:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tyoWEGpSNe4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tyoWEGpSNe4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000B66H64&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>  <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000HIVOB4&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>An acoustic performance of Help I&#8217;m Alive:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JoPBDYFZovk&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JoPBDYFZovk&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And an on-tour live performance of Collect Call:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/m8jsy8kMAPw&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/m8jsy8kMAPw&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[tags]metric, metric band, metric music, fantasies, new cd, new album, new lp, new singles, help i&#8217;m alive, live performances, on tour, band information, collect call, gimme sympathy, give me sympathy, acoustic, youtube, videos, reviews, band reviews, emily haines[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s artist of the day is Metric. 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