Billboard made my night. Metric is gearing up for their next album, although the release date and title is still under wraps.


Metric will release the record in a more traditional format, via a direct deal with iTunes and as-yet-undisclosed digital and physical distribution partners. "We'd like to keep physical and digital separate, but that's not a hard and fast rule". The new album follows 2005's Live It Out.

To tide you over until any new Metric material is released, frontwoman Emily Haines will play three solo shows September 7 at Brooklyn's Union Pool. (Shows at 7:30pm, 9:00pm and 10:30pm.) Metric will perform at festivals in Quebec City and Prince Edward Island on September 12-13.

mp3: Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)