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Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Rock · 2003 · 10 tracks

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

Metric

Sharp, neon-lit rock pairing breathy vocals with biting guitars. A definitive snapshot of early 2000s urban anxiety and indie-sleaze cool.

July 29, 2003 · Everloving

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A restless and defiant energy masked by cool, detached urban sophistication.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
IOU
4:22
02
Hustle Rose
5:33
03
Succexy
3:05
04
Combat Baby
3:30
05
Calculation Theme
3:32
06
Wet Blanket
4:08
07
On a Slow Night
4:37
08
The List
2:53
09
Dead Disco
3:26
10
Love Is a Place
2:09
Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive transition from the sparse, rhythmic verse to the soaring synth-driven chorus of Combat Baby
The way the bassline in Dead Disco relentlessly pulses while Emily Haines delivers a detached, rhythmic vocal performance
The sudden shift to a quiet, acoustic vulnerability in the closing minute of Love Is a Place
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? sound next to the rest of Metric's catalogue?

Restless+1.5σ

Restless saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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