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#39. Metric - Youth Without Youth (4:17)

As one might expect, Metric has turned the synth up a few notches for their newest album Synthetica and although nothing on it really reaches the same heights as Fantasies gems like “Help I’m Alive,” or “Satellite Mind,” it’s still full of great songs. On “Youth Without Youth” we’re treated to striding drums and insistent electric bass while the frosty saunter of Emily Haines eerily mixes up childhood schoolyard games with increasingly desperate and delirious situations. The uneasy effect is compounded by the horror movie whirring that hovers above, and it never lets us get too comfortable.

Best Moment: Anytime Emily goes “haaaaaangman”.

The Album [Synthetica]: 8/10

Watch The Music Video

..:: Metric - Youth Without Youth ::..

Metric’s turned the synth up a few notches for new album (you guessed it) Synthetica and although nothing on it really reaches the same heights asFantasies gems like “Help I’m Alive,” or “Satellite Mind,” “Youth Without Youth” probably comes closest. The striding drums and insistent electric bass are reminiscent of a Muse song, but instead of having to deal with Matthew Bellamy’s overwrought emotional roller-coaster voice, we’ve got the frosty saunter of Emily Haines instead. The video features some slightly unsettling slow motion iconography while Emily mixes up her childhood schoolyard games with increasingly desperate and delirious situations. The uneasy effect is compounded by the horror movie whirring that hovers above, and it never really lets us get too comfortable (or let the cake/tire stackers take a break). Anyone curious enough to spin Synthetica will probably notice that “Yw/oY” is bookended by the similarly blood pumping “Artificial Nocturne” and the album’s most haunting track “Speed The Collapse.” If you consider yourself a fan of the band, you’ll probably want to experience Metric’s synthetical flavors in their natural album habitat.