Metric Announce New Album 'Romanticize The Dive' And North American Tour With Broken Social Scene
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Mark Hunter
Metric have announced a new album.
'Romanticize The Dive', the follow-up to 2023's 'Formentera II' and 2022's 'Formentera', will be released on April 24 via Thirty Tigers.
Alongside news of the record, the Toronto band have shared its first single, Victim Of Luck, an earworm, meta indie-rock track. The video will premiere at 5pm GMT today, and features previously unseen archival footage of the quartet. Singer Emily Haines said:
“The song ‘Victim Of Luck’ and really the entire album is about the romance of a less than perfect life. It’s about dropping the mask of self-consciousness and vanity,” Emily Haines. It was a long journey for me to get out of my own way and I wanted this song to be a rallying cry for that, better late than never. You can be as much a victim of good luck as bad.
"So when we started out yes we were broke and we were playing to ten people and there was nothing for us to fall back on but we refused to give up, and it’s not as though we’re all superstar billionaires now, but that was never what we were after. It turns out the grind is the thing you wouldn’t trade and the bonds you made can’t be faked. What we wanted is what we have and we’re not victims of anything. We dedicated our lives to each other and it’s the best feeling in the world”
Metric — completed by Jimmy Shaw (producer, guitar, keys), Joshua Winstead (bass guitar, keys) and Joules Scott Key (drums) — will follow up the release with the All the Feelings Tour, a co-headline North American trek with Broken Social Scene and Stars.
The summer run will kick off on June 8 in Austin and run until August 7, when it'll conclude with a hometown show at Toronto's RBC Amphitheatre. Tickets go on general sale from 10am local time on February 6.
'Romanticize The Dive' tracklist:
1. Victim Of Luck
2. Wild Rut
3. Time Is A Bomb
4. Crush Forever
5. Tremolo
6. Moral Compass
7. As If You’re Here
8. Loyal
9. Antigravity
10. Clouds To Break
11. Leave You On A High
Metric Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon June 08 2026 - AUSTIN Texas - Moody Amphitheater (USA)
Tue June 09 2026 - DALLAS Texas - South Side Ballroom (USA)
Thu June 11 2026 - DENVER Colorado - Fillmore Auditorium (USA)
Sat June 13 2026 - SANDY Utah - Sandy Amphitheater (USA)
Tue June 16 2026 - LOS ANGELES California - Greek Theatre (USA)
Thu June 18 2026 - PHOENIX Arizona - Arizona Financial Theatre (USA)
Fri June 19 2026 - SAN DIEGO California - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (USA)
Sun June 21 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Masonic (USA)
Wed June 24 2026 - BEND Oregon - Hayden Homes Amphitheater (USA)
Fri July 24 2026 - CHICAGO Illinois - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom (USA)
Sat July 25 2026 - DETROIT Michigan - Fox Theatre (USA)
Mon July 27 2026 - BOSTON Massachusetts - MGM Music Hall at Fenway (USA)
Tue July 28 2026 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark (USA)
Thu July 30 2026 - BROOKLYN New York - Paramount (USA)
Sat August 01 2026 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - Anthem (USA)
Mon August 03 2026 - ATLANTA Georgia - Tabernacle (USA)
Tue August 04 2026 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Ryman Auditorium (USA)
Fri August 07 2026 - TORONTO Ontario - RBC Amphitheatre (Canada)
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