Metric Stream New Track 'Youth Without Youth' From New Album 'Synthetica' - Listen Now
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Metric have today unveiled the track stream for their new single 'Youth Without Youth', the first cut to be taken from upcoming 5th studio album 'Synthetica', due for UK release on June 25th.
Titles for the 11 tracks are available now and noted in sequence below. Lead single ‘Youth Without Youth’ will be released digitally throughout North America and the UK on May 1st. Metric will play UK live shows in early July, including London Shepherds Bush Empire on July 2nd 2012.
‘Youth Without Youth’ tackles the topic of a fraying social state with bristling energy and lyrical complexity, spearheaded by a characteristically driving rhythm. “I've always wanted to do a song with the Glitter Band beat,” says Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw, who produced Synthetica between Metric's own Giant Studios in Toronto and at Electic Lady Studios in NYC, where it was mixed by long-time collaborator, John O’Mahony.
Strong beats and futuristic, yet organic sounds propell this new album forward- lead track ‘Artificial Nocturne’ opens Synthetica amidst a pulsating, grimy throb. It returns as the anchor on gut-wrenching meditation ‘Dreams So Real’, as well as hypnotic morality twister and album closer, ‘Nothing But Time’. According to Shaw, “That sound is the foundation of the album. Oddly enough, it’s actually not a synthesizer. It's a '60s organ played through a homemade pedal dreamed up by a local wizard who posted an ad on Craiglist. Together they set the emotional tone for the whole record.”
'Synthetica' track-listing is as follows:
Artificial Nocturne
Youth Without Youth
Speed The Collapse
Breathing Underwater
Dreams So Real
Lost Kitten
The Void
Synthetica
Clone
The Wanderlust
Nothing But Time
Mon July 2nd 2012 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Fri July 6th 2012 - Hyde Park, London
Sat July 7th 2012 - Ritz Ballroom, Manchester
Sun July 8th 2012 - O2 Academy2 Oxford, Oxford
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