Metric is a Canadian New Wave/indie rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, Los Angeles, California and Brooklyn, New York.
The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer), guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003 and earned the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and once again the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. The first album the band recorded, Grow Up and Blow Away, was finally released on June 26, 2007 by Last Gang Records. The album was originally recorded for Rykodisc Records early in the band's career but not released at the time due to internal changes at the company. Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, KC Accidental, The Stills, and Jason Collett. Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, Bang Lime, and Haines has released a solo album and companion EP, Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free to a Good Home?, respectively, under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Their songs "Monster Hospital", "Police and the Private" and "Front Row" have been used on the television show Grey's Anatomy. "Monster Hospital" has also been used in CSI: Miami. Their fourth studio album Fantasies (previously scheduled for an April 14th release) will be released in Canada and the United States on April 7th, 2009.
Albums
* Grow Up and Blow Away (Recorded 1999 or 2001) (Released 2007 with minor changes to tracklist.)
* Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
* Live It Out (2005)
* Fantasies (2009)
EPs
* Mainstream EP (1998)
* Static Anonymity (2001)
* Live at Metropolis (2007)
Singles
Grow Up and Blow Away (recorded in 2001/released in 2007)
* "Grow Up and Blow Away" (UK remix promo cd)
* "Raw Sugar" (promo)
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
* "Combat Baby"
* "Succexy" (promo)
* "Dead Disco" (promo)
Live It Out
* "Monster Hospital" UK #55/CAN #1
* "Poster of a Girl" CAN #3
* "Handshakes" (radio promo) CAN #17
* "Empty" (Digital and Vinyl single released Feb 12, 2007)
Fantasies (due April 7, 2009)
* "Help, I'm Alive" (promo, Nov 2008) CAN #21
* "Front Row" (promo, March 12, 2009) CAN #65
* "Gimme Sympathy"
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