KEXP Seattle — Metric In A Non-Synthetic Situation by Amy Schriefer, NPR In a matter of minutes, Metric singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw went from rocking in front of thousands of fans on the main stage of the Sasquatch! Music Festival to hiking through... more info

Guardian Music — (Metric Music International)Listening to Synthetica, you have to keep reminding yourself that this is Emily Haines's fifth album with Metric, because the singer repeatedly comes across like a surly teenager oscillating between stroppy despair and pro... more info

betterPropoganda — Posted at 11:30am, 6/14/2012 Metric released their fifth full-length studio album, Synthetica, this week via MMI / Mom + Pop. Guitarist and album producer, Jimmy Shaw, describes Synthetica's enthralling balance of futuristic and organic sound on... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Emily Haines calmly declares at the end of “Synthetica” that she once “wanted to be part of something,” but it isn’t a regret so much as a revelation. Now on album No. 5, “Synthetica” closer “Nothing but Time” is sweetly opulent ele... more info

Totally Fuzzy — METRIC is Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott Key. An independent rock and roll band empowered by their innovative approach to the music business, METRIC self-released their last album FANTASIES on five continents without the ... more info

DrownedInSound — Metric's Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw discuss their fifth studio album Synthetica with Drowned in Sound editor Sean Adams. This conversation includes chat about the writing of the album, Jimmy's seven "synth symphonies", a photograph which inspired th... more info

Music is Art — Canada’s Metric will soon be releasing their fifth studio album, Synthetica, June 12th, 2012 on Mom + Pop Records. The album’s first single, “Youth Without Youth,” is a reaction to how singer Emily Haines perceives the world of today as “th... more info

KEXP Seattle — Metric have announced that they’ll be releasing their fifth full-length album, Synthetica, on June 12 via their own Metric Music International Label. The album will mark the Toronto band’s first release since 2009′s Fantasies. To reinvigorate y... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Left to right: Jack White, Norah Jones, Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), Daniele Luppi. Rome comes out May 17. The long-anticipated brainchild of producer Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi, Rome benefits from a bit of context. More... more info

Rollo & Grady — Alison Mosshart – The Kills Charlotte Kemp Muhl – The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger Theresa Wayman – Warpaint Erykah Badu Emily Haines – Metric Samantha Stollenwerck Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone Fiona Apple Katy Goodman – L... more info