Metric - Synthetica (Mastered for iTunes)
Synthetica is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric, released on 12 June 2012. The first single, "Youth Without Youth", was released on 1 May 2012. "Speed the Collapse" was released as a sneak preview on 23 May 2012. On 30 May 2012 the entire album was available for streaming by playing "Synthetica Hide + Seek"; this was done through an interactive word hunting game on the band's website. A deluxe version, with five additional tracks, was released on 20 November 2012. The song "Speed the Collapse" is featured on the soundtrack for the video game Fifa 13 and in the 2013 Grey's Anatomy episode "Things We Said Today" (season 9, episode 10). The song "Breathing Underwater" is featured in the 2013 The Vampire Diaries episode "Original Sin" (season 5, episode 3).
According to Metric's frontwoman Emily Haines, Synthetica is "about forcing yourself to confront what you see in the mirror when you finally stand still long enough to catch a reflection. Synthetica is about being able to identify the original in a long line of reproductions. It's about what is real vs what is artificial". The band collaborated with Lou Reed for the recording of the song "The Wanderlust," which would ultimately be his very last appearance on an original recording during his lifetime. A unique feature of the album is that all of the lyrics in the booklet are printed backwards. Included in the CD case is a reflective piece of foil so the words can be read correctly. Following the album's release, Haines responded to a question about the changing meaning of songs over time and stated in relation to a lyric from the title song "Synthetica": "Like, 'Hey, I'm not synthetica'—sometimes it feels like a totally victorious statement and sometimes it feels kind of beaten down … but it's just rock 'n' roll, you know. I'm not meaning to be pretentious about it at all."
Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Indie Rock, Adult Alternative
Released: Jun 12, 2012
℗ 2012 MMI / Mom + Pop
Tracklist:
01 Artificial Nocturne
02 Youth Without Youth
03 Speed the Collapse
04 Breathing Underwater
05 Dreams So Real
06 Lost Kitten0
07 The Void
08 Synthetica
09 Clone
10 The Wanderlust
11 Nothing But Time
Digital Booklet - Synthetica
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