Short film from Deco

So check it out. Before Christmas we did a tour across Canada in conjunction with a kids' charity and made a limited edition 7 inch vinyl single of "Help I'm Alive" originally to be sold only at the December shows. The world being what it is, the song got leaked onto the internet from the pressing plant and took on a life of its own. Suddenly, we were getting calls from radio stations all over the world, from Australia to Ireland, saying they were playing the hell out of "Help, I'm Alive". This totally caught us off guard. We never could have guessed that this song would be a radio contender! It's success proved our theory that programmers and listeners are more open minded than anyone gives them credit for! Meanwhile, we were all set to release "Gimme Sympathy" as our logical first single but "Help I'm Alive" continued to amaze & confuse us by climbing all the way up to the top of the charts. The song became Metric's first #1 hit and we thanked the mysterious universe.

What came next only makes sense in such a scenario. When I was working with Winnipeg cult-filmmaker Guy Maddin on visual projections for my Soft Skeleton tour, I met Maddin's editor and co-cinematographer Deco Dawson. Guy Maddin is known as the Canadian David Lynch and I love Deco's editing of "Heart of the World". Deco has since become one of the country’s foremost experimental film makers and a friend of the band. He edited Metric's live concert DVD "Live at Metropolis" and we brought him along to oversee the live filming of Fantasies on our December tour. A few weeks ago, as we were scrambling to keep up with the unexpected radio momentum of Help I’m Alive, we got a call from Deco saying he had a surprise for us: He had taken the concert footage of "Help I'm Alive" and turned it into something that looks like Yo Gabba Gabba on acid. Jimmy held a late night test screening of Deco's creation at Giant Studio to rave reviews and now we have decided to share it with the online world.

This is not a music video. This is a short film in an imaginary landscape and the soundtrack is "Help I'm Alive".
Thank you Deco.

Dates for the UK

Hey UK!

We'll be touching down in your part of the world soon for our European tour in May!

Check out the dates on our new UK micro site ilovemetric.com/uk.

There is so much going on around the world with us right now that we thought it might make sense to have a couple of these types of pages setup for each of the major territories around the world where we can post updates that are relevant to fans living there, without inundating the rest of you with information that totally doesn’t concern your part of the world.

While you're at it, if you live in the UK, come and join our new Facebook Group too! It’s also specifically dedicated to UK centric news & updates.

5 private acoustic appearances

Big News!

Jimmy and I just agreed to do a series of 5 private acoustic appearances in Western Canada at the end of the month with support from some local radio stations in each of the cities we're going to visit... but there is a twist. There won't be any tickets sold for these shows. Originally, the only way to get in was going to be through radio station contests, but since we're going to be passing through and we always want to take care of you guys, we decided to move the shows into slightly bigger venues, while still keeping it totally intimate, so we can give out some tickets directly to fans. There are very few tickets available, so click here to enter to win.

We're also holding back some tickets for people who pre-ordered the record directly from us. Half of them will go exclusively to those who pre-ordered the deluxe limited edition, and the other half will go to anyone who bought any one of the Fantasies packages. These tickets will be randomly distributed.

For anyone who can't make it or doesn't end up being able to get tickets, don't worry, we're planning another massive Canadian tour for later this year.

All-ages show and upcoming special events

300 tickets for our all-ages show on April 14th at The Mod Club in Toronto go on sale tomorrow on Ticketmaster! You'll need to use the password FANTASIES to purchase them we made it that way so you guys get first crack at the tickets since there are so few. The only other way to get in is to listen to 102.1 The Edge to win tickets.

We have a few other special events coming up soon too. On April 9th we're playing an in-store at HMV on Yonge St. in Toronto the show starts at 5pm, and be sure to stick around for the signing afterwards! On April 16th you can also catch us at 8pm at the Apple store on Sainte-Catherine in Montreal! That show will be recorded as part of the iTunes "Live from Montreal" series.

In case you didn't notice, the pre-order is over! If you bought Fantasies from us here, you should have gotten the download link already. The physical stuff will ship soon. As of now, if you buy one of the special packages with exclusive bonus material here you can download everything right away. The album also came out on iTunes around the world as of Tuesday!