Canadian Alternative Icons METRIC, Led by Emily Haines, Release Their 10th New Album 'Romanticize The Dive'
Canadian indie rock band METRIC has released their 10th studio album, 'Romanticize The Dive'. Returning to their roots in New York, the album features powerful tracks like 'Crush Forever' and 'Tremolo'.
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Metric, the heavyweight indie rock band Canada boasts, releases their new album 'Romanticize The Dive'. It also encompasses a number of advance singles that have been previously released and highly acclaimed. The album includes numbers such as "Crush Forever," which frontwoman Emily Haines calls "a love letter to the strong women of this world," "Time Is A Bomb," which forcefully sings about seizing the moment with the edge of a dangerous adrenaline addict, and "Victim Of Luck," which sings of the band's mission to return to their roots and revisit the tension, fragility, and thirst of youth.
Furthermore, in the song "Tremolo," which forms the core of the album, it sings about breaking free from the obsession of "what ifs" and accepting how small the scope of one's own control truly is. Why didn't I choose another path back then? A crystal ball that no one can see. All these question marks and thoughts of "what if" do not suit a slippery dance floor. Come on, let's dance together. Fate is cruel.
Metric - Tremolo (Official Visualizer)
Metric - Victim of Luck
In producing this 10th album, 'Romanticize The Dive', Metric returned to New York, the place where they met. It is the New York of the time when indie rock was at its climax. They once again flew back to Electric Lady Studios to carry out the recording. They teamed up again with Gavin Brown, who produced the albums 'Fantasies' and 'Synthetica', joined by Jimmy Shaw and Liam O’Neil as co-producers, and John O’Mahoney on the mix. This emotional reunion drama captures the excitement of riding the updraft in the band's early days and the chaos and possibilities of the music scene in the early 2000s as sound, while sublimating it within the cultural context of 2026.
About Metric:
Photo by Justin Broadbent
Metric is a four-piece band consisting of Emily Haines (vocals, keyboards), Jimmy Shaw (production, guitar, keyboards), Joshua Winstead (bass, keyboards), and Joules Scott-Key (drums). They have been active with an unwavering lineup for over 20 years. Pitchfork praised them saying, "This band has become an icon of the Canadian indie rock scene," and stated, "Metric has built their own story of success that is becoming increasingly rare." Rejecting offers from major labels, they launched their own independent label and maintained initiative over their music and careers. And for 20 years, they have walked an unusual trajectory of expanding their success while continuing to undertake artistic challenges that go beyond conventional boundaries.
Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw were also early members of Broken Social Scene, and while always prioritizing Metric, they participated in all of the group's albums from 2002 to 2017. They participated in songwriting and performing for tracks including "Almost Crimes," "Swimmers," "Sweetest Kill," "Sentimental X’s," and "Protest Song." Her most significant contribution to the group is the hit song "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl" included in the award-winning album 'You Forgot It In People', and she has collaborated with numerous artists.
Among them, the most well-known is her strong creative connection with the late Lou Reed, who participated in "Wanderlust" on Metric's album 'Synthetica'. In 2013, they performed together on stage at Metric's sold-out headline show at Radio City Music Hall, playing "Wanderlust" and The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes." She also performed with Lou Reed at various live events supervised by the late producer Hal Willner, and participated in Willner's final tribute album 'Angelhead Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan And T. Rex' alongside U2, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, and others, performing "Ballrooms Of Mars."
Furthermore, in the song "Tremolo," which forms the core of the album, it sings about breaking free from the obsession of "what ifs" and accepting how small the scope of one's own control truly is. Why didn't I choose another path back then? A crystal ball that no one can see. All these question marks and thoughts of "what if" do not suit a slippery dance floor. Come on, let's dance together. Fate is cruel.
Metric - Tremolo (Official Visualizer)
Metric - Victim of Luck
In producing this 10th album, 'Romanticize The Dive', Metric returned to New York, the place where they met. It is the New York of the time when indie rock was at its climax. They once again flew back to Electric Lady Studios to carry out the recording. They teamed up again with Gavin Brown, who produced the albums 'Fantasies' and 'Synthetica', joined by Jimmy Shaw and Liam O’Neil as co-producers, and John O’Mahoney on the mix. This emotional reunion drama captures the excitement of riding the updraft in the band's early days and the chaos and possibilities of the music scene in the early 2000s as sound, while sublimating it within the cultural context of 2026.
About Metric:
Photo by Justin Broadbent
Metric is a four-piece band consisting of Emily Haines (vocals, keyboards), Jimmy Shaw (production, guitar, keyboards), Joshua Winstead (bass, keyboards), and Joules Scott-Key (drums). They have been active with an unwavering lineup for over 20 years. Pitchfork praised them saying, "This band has become an icon of the Canadian indie rock scene," and stated, "Metric has built their own story of success that is becoming increasingly rare." Rejecting offers from major labels, they launched their own independent label and maintained initiative over their music and careers. And for 20 years, they have walked an unusual trajectory of expanding their success while continuing to undertake artistic challenges that go beyond conventional boundaries.
Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw were also early members of Broken Social Scene, and while always prioritizing Metric, they participated in all of the group's albums from 2002 to 2017. They participated in songwriting and performing for tracks including "Almost Crimes," "Swimmers," "Sweetest Kill," "Sentimental X’s," and "Protest Song." Her most significant contribution to the group is the hit song "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl" included in the award-winning album 'You Forgot It In People', and she has collaborated with numerous artists.
Among them, the most well-known is her strong creative connection with the late Lou Reed, who participated in "Wanderlust" on Metric's album 'Synthetica'. In 2013, they performed together on stage at Metric's sold-out headline show at Radio City Music Hall, playing "Wanderlust" and The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes." She also performed with Lou Reed at various live events supervised by the late producer Hal Willner, and participated in Willner's final tribute album 'Angelhead Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan And T. Rex' alongside U2, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, and others, performing "Ballrooms Of Mars."