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| 2.5 average | Knott- EMERITUS | June 5th 12 |
Wow, this is boring.
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| 2.5 average | iGuter | July 10th 22 |
While there is that staple sound they have gained popularity from, since FANTASIES; there is a lack of forward momentum driving each track.
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| 3.0 good | zillah | August 8th 12 |
Metric are best when they go glam and rawk the joint, and worst when they try to be Broken Social Scene with synths, all emphasis on Emily Haines' ironic baby doll voice and not-all-that-clever lyrics. This album bottles enough of the glam residue from 2009's awesome Fantasies to be pretty ok, but the songs themselves are pretty undistinguished this time around and nothing holds a candle to "Gimme Sympathy" or "Satellite Mind". I was hoping for more.
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| 3.0 good | jackalope11 | July 26th 12 |
Album definitely has its ups and downs. From start to finish it is simply a Metric album, and that's all it tends to be. I enjoyed it because of the solid and catchy guitar lines as well as the effective but minor use of thick synthesizers, but aside from that, singer Emily Haines is boring and stays on one level (until Lost Kitten, where she rocks it). Instrumentation isn't too noteworthy, and the songwriting is, well, decent.
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| 2.5 average | soldier0cross | June 28th 12 |
Bands often have a tendency to age and slow down or lose some of the spunk that had previously
defined them. Metric is still a very talented band no doubt, but Synthetica shows that they may
have passed their golden age where every album they put out was excellent and full of catchy tunes
you could listen to endlessly. Synthetica is a bit more experimental and it still holds Metric's
unique quirkiness which is fun. It just seems like theyve slowed down and not all the songs have
the same charm. It's at best mediocre. Speed The Collapse is fairly cool though.
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| 3.5 great | Aeri | September 15th 25 |
| 2.0 poor | doofy | March 24th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | A.R.O. EMERITUS | August 16th 22 |
| 3.5 great | heck | July 12th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Dask | June 6th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Watch | May 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | LordPH | August 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | casey | December 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | primee | October 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marci | October 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Lucman | October 4th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Corney | February 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | itesrof | June 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | kojpl | February 1st 16 |
| 3.0 good | mzeet | August 16th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | alin1 | December 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | September 21st 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Pndi | June 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | kayu | March 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziio | February 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aids | February 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Ire | December 30th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Ecotone | December 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | alpo | December 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | November 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Skoj | October 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Xybws | October 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Faint7 | October 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Lani | October 7th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Gurt | September 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | M72 | August 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | ton_ey | August 28th 12 |
| 3.6 great | Mikesn EMERITUS | July 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | Irving EMERITUS | June 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Rudy K. EMERITUS | June 18th 12 |
| 3.0 good | mvdu | June 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | becdar | June 13th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Rowdy | June 12th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Dotmats | June 11th 12 |
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