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Daily Telegraph
How can rock grow and thrive in this digital age of urban beats and pop plasticity? Canadian quartet Metric fret over this dilemma on a fifth album so thrilling it almost makes the question academic
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10.0
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God Is In The TV
A massively impressive record, powerful, engaging and easily the strongest work of their career
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8.0
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The Digital Fix
A band whose singular vision remains as sharply focussed as ever
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Even when Haines's gaze fixates on her navel, Metric make ear candy
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
Pretty damn near excellent
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8.0
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Spin
Manufactures dependable, big-hearted joy straight through, whether it’s slightly gloomy or coquettish or just flat-out pop fun
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8.0
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All Music
That Metric were able to follow up their best record with another just as good is quite an achievement, hopefully something they will do again and again
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Sweet and sophisticated throughout
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7.5
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A.V. Club
On Synthetica, Metric isn’t necessarily making a transition; they’re simply taking stock of where they’ve been before figuring out where they’re going
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7.5
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Pretty Much Amazing
Thrilling and colossal, Synthetica is a pulsating collection of indie-synth anthems
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Rolling Stone
Muscular rhythms tether spun-sugar synthesizers to Earth
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Under The Radar
Ten years together as Metric has by no means taken away the underground cool of the band's aura. Rather, the sound is growing sharper and tighter as it pulses into the night air
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musicOMH
There's certainly more than enough decent songs here to satisfy the faithful who may have been put off by the lacklustre Fantasies
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Pitchfork
At their best, Metric resist making statements about how technology is changing our minds and culture, and simply ask thoughtful questions about it with the awareness that there are no easy answers
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7.0
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Consequence Of Sound
The latest in a series of Metric albums whose greatness comes in moments, rather than being fully actualized
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7.0
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BBC
Avoiding a lapse into mid-career safeness, Metric have lots to say, and say it wel
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Blurt
Full of either calm, pensive intros that grow louder from a buildup of musical layers or tracks that remain at a level plateau
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Entertainment.ie
A band who have worked long and hard to establish a formula that has allowed them to break on through to the mainstream, earning themselves a loyal fanbase along the way and now entering their second decade of creating innovative music…
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7.0
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NME
There's a newfound clarity in the production that provides an added dimension to their tunes
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6.5
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Prefix
Even with the highlights, there remains a feeling of paralysis on Synthetica that’s reflected in the uneven tracklist
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6.0
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Q
Synthetica's relentless efficiency feels a tad mechanical. Print edition only
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Evening Standard
It’s rather difficult to be enthusiastic about music which is so old-fashioned
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The Guardian
Synthetica has the flawless sheen of stainless steel and feels just as workaday
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The Fly
When it’s done well, a little nostalgia doesn’t hurt
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State
The album does indeed have high points. It’s just unlikely to be held up as a classic
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6.0
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The Independent
Throughout Synthetica, an undertow of dystopian unease drags the music away from standard pop territory into darker areas
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5.6
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Paste Magazine
When Metric use their fancy studio tools to harness some subtlety, the results can be fabulous
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5.0
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PopMatters
Synthetica preps Metric to hit the masses head-on, and while the presentation is up to snuff, it’s hard to get all that excited about the individual tracks
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4.4
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Beats Per Minute
Despite a guest appearance by Lou Reed, fans will be left asking ‘Old World Metric, Where Are You Now?'
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4.0
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Slant Magazine
Banal radio fodder
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4.0
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The Scotsman
A one-dimensional record
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