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William_the_Bloody · 05-29-2014, 11:15 PM

Metric

Old World Underground: Where are you now? 2003

2003 in many respects was the breakthrough year for indie rock and the post punk revival. Although the Strokes had already helped break down the doors a few years prior, 2003 not only saw the White Stripes skyrocket into the charts with their Seven Nation Army single, but it also featured a series of initial releases from notable indie rock bands. One of these albums was Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" an album title that pretty much sums up how people were feeling at the time.

Thus I think indie rock broke in 2003 for two reasons, 1) the political climate had become very reactionary with the invasion of Iraq, which helped push underground music into the forefront, and 2) music in the early 2000's sucked really bad with the pop charts being ruled by shallow R & B artists like 50 cent, and spineless rock bands like Matchbox 20.

Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" captures both these sentiments. The first with songs like Combat Baby and Succexxy with lyrics such as "All we do is talk, static split screens as the homeland plans enemies. Invasion's so succexxy" and the second with Dead Disco's lyrics "Cause all we get is...Dead disco Dead funk Dead rock and roll Remodeled" So in many respect this is a landmark album that captures the sentiment of times, and with these three stellar songs it deserves

**** stars

Dead Disco

Combat Baby

Succexy

05-29-2014, 11:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
William_the_Bloody Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sunnydale Cemetary Posts: 2,093	Metric Old World Underground: Where are you now? 2003 2003 in many respects was the breakthrough year for indie rock and the post punk revival. Although the Strokes had already helped break down the doors a few years prior, 2003 not only saw the White Stripes skyrocket into the charts with their Seven Nation Army single, but it also featured a series of initial releases from notable indie rock bands. One of these albums was Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" an album title that pretty much sums up how people were feeling at the time. Thus I think indie rock broke in 2003 for two reasons, 1) the political climate had become very reactionary with the invasion of Iraq, which helped push underground music into the forefront, and 2) music in the early 2000's sucked really bad with the pop charts being ruled by shallow R & B artists like 50 cent, and spineless rock bands like Matchbox 20. Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" captures both these sentiments. The first with songs like Combat Baby and Succexxy with lyrics such as "All we do is talk, static split screens as the homeland plans enemies. Invasion's so succexxy" and the second with Dead Disco's lyrics "Cause all we get is...Dead disco Dead funk Dead rock and roll Remodeled" So in many respect this is a landmark album that captures the sentiment of times, and with these three stellar songs it deserves **** stars Dead Disco Combat Baby Succexy Last edited by William_the_Bloody; 05-30-2014 at 12:22 AM.