Metric Sets U.S. Tour Dates in Support of New LP 'Art of Doubt,' Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Critically acclaimed Canadian group Metric will embark on a US headline tour alongside Mexican rock band Zoé, supported by fellow Canadians July Talk. The extensive 27-city tour will begin February 11 in Cleveland, and $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to the fight against climate change through the band's ongoing work with the Plus1 organization. See below for a complete list of dates. General public on sale goes live Saturday, September 29 with tickets available via the band's website.

The tour is in support of Metric's highly anticipated, critically acclaimed seventh LP Art of Doubt, out now via MMI/Crystal Math Music. NPR Music's "First Listen" premiered the full album, noting "on the new Art of Doubt, Metric takes another welcome hard turn-this time back into spiky, guitar-driven rock and roll."

In anticipation of the record Metric premiered critically acclaimed videos for three album tracks: "Dressed to Suppress," "Dark Saturday" and most recently "Now or Never Now."

For the first time in the band's last three albums, guitarist Jimmy Shaw did not co-produce, preferring to turn over the producer mantle to first time collaborator Justin Meldal-Johnsen (M83, Beck, Nine Inch Nails.) "Justin was just what we needed in a producer for this album," notes Shaw. "He really saw every band member eye to eye and was able to capture what we each do best." The album was recorded at Metric's own Giant Studio in Toronto and mixed by Tony Hoffer (Phoenix, Depeche Mode, Air.)

"I found in the writing of these songs that I was positioning myself as being out in the world in solidarity with the people around me... no matter what's going on internally or externally, there's that sense of urgency, of energy. We're still going to go out, we're still going to socialize, to push ourselves, we're still going to celebrate. It's just going to be dark," Haines explains.

Listen to "Art of Doubt" here.

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