How do you describe the un-imaginable, the aspects of life that you dream will come true, even if there is a shadow of a doubt lodged in your head that they may never come full circle? Fantasies became reality for Toronto, Canada's Metric. While trying to live their dreams for the past decade, it seems at this moment in time, cloud nine could not be any higher for the group. With an upcoming American tour, and a highly anticipated, fourth studio album Fantasies being released on April 14th, you could easily say that everything is falling into place just as planned. Stay tuned for an exclusive Pop Zap review of Fantasies within the next few weeks.
Check the press release after the jump:
METRIC ANNOUNCES US TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF FANTASIES; FANS WILL BE ABLE TO BUY ALBUM ON iTUNES BEGINNING MARCH 31 TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF ALBUM
METRIC today announces the first tour dates behind the release of their fourth full-length studio album Fantasies starting with June 4 in Seattle at Showbox. Additionally, the band announces that starting tomorrow, March 31, fans can buy the album via iTunes ahead of the April 14 street date. A full album preview is also available at the band's website.
Fantasies is already attracting a lot of attention with the first single, "Help I'm Alive," debuting at #1 on the FMQB Top 25 Singles Chart for US Specialty beating out the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Decemberists which also impacted the same week. The track, which was a #1 single in Canada, has been receiving accolades from the press world- wide with NME saying it's "A beautifully constructed, shiny, shimmying pop belter - one butterfly that's bound to cause a hurricane", and the Washington Post writing it "is an impossibly infectious exercise in '90's pop nostalgia. Springy, clattery, improbably happy, it's like the best Veruca Salt/Breeders collaboration that never actually happened."
Beyond "Help I'm Alive" Fantasies is loaded with compelling pop songs, with Metric's unique skew and many are finding fans all over a wide array of media. Grey's Anatomy featured the song "Front Row" on an episode earlier this month, and the song "Sick Muse" was heard on KCRW's highly influential "Morning Becomes Eclectic."
Metric recently shot a ground breaking video with director Frank Borin for the next single "Gimme Sympathy." The entire 3:48 video was shot in one long take and can be viewed at the band's website: http://www.ilovemetric.com.
Fantasies was produced by Gavin Brown and Jimmy Shaw and mixed by Grammy nominated, long time friend and collaborator John O'Mahony (Coldplay, The Strokes).
Below are the dates for Metric's US tour:
JUNE CITY VENUE
4th Seattle Showbox
5th Portland Wonder
6th San Francisco BFD
7th San Diego Independence jam
8th LA Wiltern
11th Denver Ogden
12th Lawrence Granada
13th Minneapolis First Ave
14th Chicago Metro
15th Detroit St. Andrews
17th New York Terminal 5
18th DC 930 Club
19th Philly Trocadero
