Metz / Metz Ii
Album: | Metz Ii | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Metz | Added: | May 2015 | |
Label: | Sub Pop Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2015-05-22 | Pull Date: | 2015-07-24 |
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Week Ending: | Jul 26 | Jul 19 | Jul 12 | Jun 28 | Jun 14 | Jun 7 | May 31 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jul 21, 2015: | Meow After Midnight
Acetate |
4. | Jun 27, 2015: | What was scene?
Spit You Out |
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2. | Jul 13, 2015: | In The Year 1000, 8000: Summer School (Session 2)
Spit You Out |
5. | Jun 24, 2015: | Brownian Motion
Acetate |
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3. | Jul 08, 2015: | ZoëRadio
The Swimmer |
6. | Jun 09, 2015: | In The Year One Thousand, Eight Thousand - Guest DJ: Ala Ebtekar [SPQ08]
Acetate |
Album Review
jessica rylan
Reviewed 2015-05-13
Reviewed 2015-05-13
METZ - II
Subpop
Subpop returns to their heavier 90’s roots with this new cd from METZ. Bass-driven rock, aggressive and thick, the guitar a constant noisy wash, and impassioned sung/yelled vocals (often through distortion), and lots of amp hiss. However, the songwriting is fairly conventional rock, with plenty of melody. While METZ is following a well-trod path, and nothing new or unexpected happens, that is also their charm. The 90’s bands who sounded similar to this - Jesus Lizard, Green Magnet School, Six Finger Satellite, pretty much every band Amphetamine Reptile ever put out - are long gone. And it’s too bad, because this is a great genre! The record is a little too controlled for me, but I suspect they may be a bit sloppier (and more exciting live.)
FCCs: none that I heard
RIYL: Amphetamine Reptile bands, 90s “industrial rock” and/or noise rock
Recommended tracks: 1*, 2*, 7,
1 Acetate - guitar line sounds like Arab on Radar. Odd time works well. Maraca drum part is unexpected treat.
2 The Swimmer - Good, driving melody on this. Hot track.
3 Spit You Out - Killer riff, melodic chorus.
4 Zzyx - filler sounds
5 I.O.U. - A bit faster. Good melody.
6. Landfill - sounds like one of the other ones.
7. Nervous System - Starts with a scream, more punk than the others. Nice.
8. Wait in Line - Not sloppy enough.
9. Eyes Peeled - pretty awesome (though short) atonal guitar solo punctuates a straight-ahead rocker
10. Kicking a can of worms - slower and dirgier, more reverb on the vocals. Like being in a tunnel.
Subpop
Subpop returns to their heavier 90’s roots with this new cd from METZ. Bass-driven rock, aggressive and thick, the guitar a constant noisy wash, and impassioned sung/yelled vocals (often through distortion), and lots of amp hiss. However, the songwriting is fairly conventional rock, with plenty of melody. While METZ is following a well-trod path, and nothing new or unexpected happens, that is also their charm. The 90’s bands who sounded similar to this - Jesus Lizard, Green Magnet School, Six Finger Satellite, pretty much every band Amphetamine Reptile ever put out - are long gone. And it’s too bad, because this is a great genre! The record is a little too controlled for me, but I suspect they may be a bit sloppier (and more exciting live.)
FCCs: none that I heard
RIYL: Amphetamine Reptile bands, 90s “industrial rock” and/or noise rock
Recommended tracks: 1*, 2*, 7,
1 Acetate - guitar line sounds like Arab on Radar. Odd time works well. Maraca drum part is unexpected treat.
2 The Swimmer - Good, driving melody on this. Hot track.
3 Spit You Out - Killer riff, melodic chorus.
4 Zzyx - filler sounds
5 I.O.U. - A bit faster. Good melody.
6. Landfill - sounds like one of the other ones.
7. Nervous System - Starts with a scream, more punk than the others. Nice.
8. Wait in Line - Not sloppy enough.
9. Eyes Peeled - pretty awesome (though short) atonal guitar solo punctuates a straight-ahead rocker
10. Kicking a can of worms - slower and dirgier, more reverb on the vocals. Like being in a tunnel.
Track Listing
1. | Acetate | 6. | Landfill | |||
2. | The Swimmer | 7. | Nervous System | |||
3. | Spit You Out | 8. | Wait In Line | |||
4. | Zzyzx | 9. | Eyes Peeled | |||
5. | I.O.U. | 10. | Kicking A Can Of Worms |