METRIC - Grow Up And Blow Away reviews
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| AV Club |
 Metric is a leading light of Toronto's Broken Social Scene circle these days, but the band was far different when it recorded its first album, Grow Up And Blow Away, in 2001....full text |
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| Sputnikmusic.com |
| Metric has been around for quite awhile now. Formed in New York as a two piece in 1998 by vocalist Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, the band spent much of its early years toiling around at first in the New York scene with acts such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Liars and then in the London club scene, where they did not manage to grab a major foothold....full text |
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| The Tripwire |
| OK, so Grow Up And Blow Away isn't a new album, but $5 says that most of you had never even heard of the band Metric when it was a new record. I'll be honest, I didn't know about them until 2003's Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? came out. As a fan I was pretty psyched to find out that the band was releasing Grow Up And Blow Away, as it was previously only available on the road and somewhere online back in the day....full text |
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| Uncut |
| The age-old sophomore album dilemma is perhaps most difficult for bands that have made extremely distinctive-sounding debuts: When such strong stylistic earmarks have been established, how to evolve without abandoning them?...full text |
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| Drowned in sound |
| Forget the celebrity DJ girlfriends and miserable faces (something of an contradictory scenario anyway, surely?): Birmingham four-piece Editors seem to be one of those bands whose name alone attracts derision before a single note of their music has been heard....full text |
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| Guardian |
| Having spent the last year fighting off comparisons to Joy Division and Interpol, Brummie band Editors have settled for being the next Coldplay. The claustrophobic post-punk of their debut, The Back Room, is now expansive and anthemic, their obsession with urban alienation eclipsed by an awakening to love and awareness of death....full text |
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