Metric, Feb. 17, World Cafe Live

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Metric, Feb. 17, World Cafe Live

POSTED: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 9:39 PM

Filed Under: Music | Show Last Night

If I stumble, they're gonna eat me alive.

The build on this song is breathtaking. I'm sure when Metric gussies it up with synthesizers and beats and what Emily Haines described to last night's World Cafe Live crowd as "fucking epic" production, it'll be even more intense. If you weren't aware going into it (many weren't), the set was just Haines and Jimmy Shaw trading off on acoustic guitar and organ, playing almost entirely music from their forthcoming album, Fantasies. Very promising stuff, and like the above-linked "Help, I'm Alive," I'm interested to hear how it translates in full-band mode. Elsewhere in the crowd, some woman named Mary took some pretty nice videos (and apparently credits us with finding out about the gig...you're welcome, Mary! Though WCL did have it advertised for about a month...) More of her clips after the jump.

...an oldie:

And, to compare how these songs might flesh out on Fantasies, here is the standout number and obvious single from last night, "Gimmie Sympathy," performed in Toronto last December:

Posted 2009-02-19 16:46:15

I lurve Metric

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