These come from a remix contest held in partnership with Indaba Music all the way back in 2010, which had two sets of stems for download:

-Mixed stems, free of charge (ironically, I still haven't found these)

-More in-depth, full studio multitracks, $2 each

The latter is what I've managed to download from songstems.net, on bippupload at a grueling 50kb/s. To save you the trouble, I've reuploaded all of them as individual .zip files on Google Drive. Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Og7I9ibfLBWXpwaIjYyRTIAP9aD2MGK4?usp=sharing

Metric is now taking pre-orders for their Greatest Hits Volume 2 which is being released on 15 November 2024. This album is a limited release with 2,500 being pressed and the first 500 hand number (most likely already sold). The track listing is as follows:

SIDE A

1. Dead Disco
2. Youth Without Youth
3. Sick Muse 
4. Poster Of A Girl
5. Risk

SIDE B

1. Monster Hospital 
2. The Shade
3. Dark Saturday 
4. Dreams So Real 
5. Stadium Love
6. Black Sheep (Funhouse Acoustic)

https://preview.redd.it/x9jcoca5czxd1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e0d346f8fdb27115c910721d6b7e1cddaa38e63

This seems to be kind of rare at the moment. Do we know if it make come back in stock in their merch store?

Got this code in the LP I just bought. I have no need for it. Would someone here like it? Enjoy!

It’s so cool hearing my favorite band in my favorite show. In House S6 E7 “Known Unknowns” in the opening scene you can very clearly hear Stadium Love playing in the background!

I'm 32f and from the us. Formentera and Fantasies saved my life. are they more popular in Canada maybe? I also used to like dragonette which no one in the us had heard of beyond the one Hello song

Hello all,

Today, October 10th or 10/10, is the unofficial holiday 'Metric Day' (referring to the measurement system). That made me wonder if Metric (the band) does anything fun for the 'holiday'. Anyone know?

Yes I just joined here, sorry if I missed something. I tried some basic searches (in Reddit and elsewhere) but found nothing. I'm not on the 'socials' anymore.

Thanks!

I know there was no way in hell that that’ll happen, but let’s say that it did - what song would you love to hear Charli and Emily duet on?

I’d probably go with 360, I feel like it can really suit Emily’s vocal range.

I think Joshua does great bass work on most Metric albums, I play bass and I enjoy playing a lot of his bass lines, but I really feel like he’s on another level on Formentera II. The tone is incredible, the lines are so melodic and add so much to the songs, I can name so many individual moments where his bass playing stands out more than any time before:

the album starts off with him at the front, with that disco-ish bass line in detour up. Just The Once keeps the disco thing going and is just so groovy and infectious. Days Of Oblivion is again, built around a beautiful melodic bassline. Who Would You Be For Me has that moment where he’s alternating between the octaves. And Go Ahead And Cry, well, the bass performance on that song is phenomenal, it can literally make me cry.

The man deserves a lot of respect for his work this time, is what I’m saying.

I love this album!!!

I'll start with my "fan credentials":

• 0.05% of Metric listeners on Spotify wrapped
• I've paid for their fan app since the beginning (even though it's so empty)
• Been to multiple live concerts
• Own almost every vinyl, even redundant singles
• Half my closet is Metric apparel and I have tons of other merch like pins and stickers and colored pencils
• I even love Pagans in Vegas

I recently saw some social media post talking about how subcultures used to be cool, used to actually mean something. But now people just "cosplay" the looks without caring what they're supposed to stand for. Nothing lamer than someone dressing goth, punk, alt, whatever – but supporting the establishment.

And that's how I feel about Metric these days. They used to make music about fighting against the capitalist war machine. Now they sing about how you should stop scrolling social media and touch some grass. Don't get angry, don't take action, just sit your ass down and chill.

It's a nice thought at first, but for me it feels deceptively anti-action, pro-status quo in this climate. My social media feed is filled with videos of active genocide, and my government would love nothing more than for me to look away as they continue to use my taxes to starve, torture, murder, and assassinate children, journalists, doctors, aid workers...

All this time, Metric hasn't really said anything or done anything. The closest I've seen was Emily Haines writing "it's a heavy time" in the middle of an email on December 10th (which does not voice opposition to anything in particular).

You can argue that not every artist has to get involved in every issue. But Metric isn't supposed to make empty, inoffensive pop songs -- they have always made music that's political and activist in nature.

For Ukraine, Emily wrote:

"P.S Was reading today how it has now been 100 days of war in Ukraine. Organizations like War Child are essential in brutal times like these and that’s why $1 from your ticket to see Metric on this tour is being donated to War Child and their support for displaced people around the world. Nothing is enough, but it is something."

So they're obviously capable. But not a peep about Palestine. Even without a fundraiser, just a tiny statement even acknowledging that there' are so many atrocities happening there would be meaningful and help bring it to an end.

I've kept defending Metric to myself – "surely they're against the genocide, but they're probably just too afraid to speak up". But why are they afraid when they're independent? They made their own label! Who is the big evil executive holding them by the throats, stopping them from saying what they want to say? And why is being afraid an acceptable excuse at all, when other artists are willing to speak out despite facing even bigger risks than Metric would face?

I used to think Macklemore was lame, but he had the balls to write his song Hind's Hall supporting Palestine. I never had interest in Hozier, but then I saw videos of him waving the Palestinian flag at his concerts and educating his audience from on stage. They're not Palestinian or Arab or Muslim artists, they're straight white guys who are bravely using their platforms for good, regardless of the risks. And I respect that. It's cool. There's substance behind them as artists and humans.

But Metric... maybe they're not scared exactly, but think it's "too complicated" and are willfully staying ignorant...? But then, how can I not lose respect for their art, knowing they're more sheeple than black sheep? If this is the case, then I want them to know their silence is costing them at least one fan. And maybe alone I'm easy to ignore, but there have to be other Metric fans who feel the same as me... right?

I heard that Paramore wrote a whole song about Ukraine, then were silent for Palestine. But apparently their fans pressured them to stop the double standard until they finally, after many months, made a post where they spoke up about it. It was relatively soft bare-minimum stuff, but hey, at least they weren't afraid to use the word "genocide". While I have never really listened to Paramore's music, I would have been proud to be in that fan base knowing I pushed for that change in tune, and I would be proud to be in that fan base now, knowing that my fellow fans are people of conscience and action.

Meanwhile it feels like for Metric, thinking about genocide is just a vibe killer or something. They don't want to face it anymore, they want to escape, and they want you to escape too. But choosing to care doesn't have to be draining, it can be fulfilling. More than ever before, I've learned that my voice and dollars have power. Boycotting and protesting and even sharing social media posts DO make a tangible difference, and that's something to celebrate.

Maybe withdrawing my one person's worth of fan support won't make a difference to Metric's bottom line, but I will take all that energy and do my best to make it a positive difference for someone else who deserves it.

There was an interview I heard a while back where Jimmy and Emily talked about hearing "Teardrop" by Massive Attack when they were just starting to make music together, and it was a huge inspiration to their music. Here are Jimmy Shaw's words:

"I remember listening to that song... and just feeling like... it was sort of a mix between feeling like anything was now sonically possible, and that I would never achieve anything. Because I felt like it had gone to the heights and depths of what I hadn’t known existed, which is an enlightening and somehow taking wind out of sails moment at the same time."

That was in 2020. A few months ago, I saw that Massive Attack was quoted saying "Our music is for sale but our humanity and morality is not" when supporting over 100 other artists who pulled out of a music festival to boycott their ties to corporations funding the Israeli military.

Massive Attack's full quote:

"We’ve endless, special respect for younger artists or artists at earlier stages of their careers who choose to take a stand against corporate support for apartheid and now genocide in Palestine. It’s extraordinary to think that in 2024, promoters and festivals still don’t understand that as artists, our music is for sale but our humanity and morality is not. The truth is, while the boycott of events sponsored by toxic corporations like Barclays is courageous, the motives behind it are totally uncontroversial: everyone can see what’s happening in Gaza and no one should accept it."

That statement is so cool! All the courageous smaller artists who actually boycotted that event are even more cool!! My time and money can go to anyone, why not give them to these artists who actually stand for something?

I haven't seen anyone else apply pressure to Metric anywhere. What does it even mean to be a Metric fan now?

I'll admit, I've been scared myself – why can't someone else be the first to say something? I don't want my favorite band to ban me from their app and stuff. But I also don't want to be a lame poser – someone who jams to music about fighting the man, but is willing to bend over for them at the first sign of discomfort.

What do you think would happen if I comment on a social media post asking "Metric, please speak up about Palestine!" Would they just ignore it? Would some social media manager delete it? Shadow ban me? If they ban me from their app, think I'll get a refund?

What if my posts inspire other fans to speak up, and there are too many of us applying pressure to ban us all – would they finally make a statement, or just turn off comments?

Maybe that's unrealistic, and the majority of Metric fans don't really care (or worse). But then, I'd argue that you aren't a real Metric fan. Their songs are supposed to be a lot more than just catchy tunes – isn't that why we like them?

I really, really loved Metric's music. Taking any kind of action -- even just pestering them in social media comments to stop being hypocrites -- feels like the truest way to express the influence they've had on me. If you feel the same way, I encourage you to pressure Metric too in whatever way you can. Not to be mean, but to remove their plausible deniability and see what this band is really about. Maybe it'll be the push they need to live their values even in the hard times. Or who knows, maybe I've had them wrong this whole time and they were never as substantial as I thought.