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Grow Up and Blow Away

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Album Review

It's hard to believe that Metric couldn't find anyone to release this album following label changes. What's even more surprising, though, is how well it fits into their current sound despite being recorded in their infancy back in 1999. While rather void of the edgy and rock-fuelled songs that would come later like "Monster Hospital," Grow Up and Blow Away is an excellent primer of what was to come with "Live It Out" and "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now!." The light, melodic electro-pop feel is all over the title track as lead singer Emily Haines shows her talents early and often. Meanwhile, things pick up slightly with the catchy, danceable and tight "Hardwire" that instantly brings to mind the Cardigans. The first ordinary song is "Rock Me Now" which resembles a stream-of-conscious poem over a simple electro-based backbeat but things return to an above average level with the moody "The Twist" as Haines churns out one sweet vocal after another. Metric rarely falter on this record, with "Soft Rock Star" living up to its title, a soft rock gem in the vein of Keane. The remix version is just as sweet and sugar-coated, driven by Haines angelic-like delivery. A similar approach comes during the tender, strolling "White Gold."

Customer Reviews

metric is amazing

now anyone who has actually been following metric for awhile knows that this album was actually released earlier, and they just rereleased it. very different sound from live it out or old world underground, where are you now? but simply life changing nonetheless it is still amazing, emily haines rocks my life. i would recomend "hardwire","the twist", "on the sly".. they're my favorites.

Re Mixed

The last review was correct. This is a re-release with a couple new songs, but this one is mixed a hell of a lot better and the music has a much fuller sound. Great job Metric!

Metric's best album, but not the best version

I love this album, but I highly suggest the version with the songs "Parkdale" and "Torture Me", which are both as brilliant as the rest of the album, I don't see why they weren't included here. The alternitive version also has a better track order, in my opinion at least. "London Halflife" is also a song from their debut EP, so I don't see why that's here either... Anyways, I highly suggest this album, but from somewhere else.

Biography

Formed: 1998 in Brooklyn, NY

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s

Metric are a band with an eclectic, adventurous outlook, whose music encompasses elements of synth pop, new wave, dance-rock, and electronica and whose hometown has vacillated between Toronto, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, and London over the course of the group's existence. Metric's story began in 1998, when vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines met guitarist James Shaw in Toronto, Canada. Although born in New Delhi, Haines — the daughter Paul Haines, a Canadian-American poet best known for...
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