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1. Soft Whiteout
2. Lump Sums
Metz have released their debut 2 song EP. These two songs show off a sample of what the band is about and the sound they are going for. They seem to have a chaotic, all over the place, noise sound and style. When listening to this, we get a vibe of The Chariot, Pissed Jeans and Young Widows, so if you are into those bands, you could like this one. They have done an alright job here.
When looking at the recording quality of these two songs, they seem to be recorded pretty solidly, with a bit of a background fuzz to them. Not sure if this is for effect with the style they play or a quality issue, but it doesn't seem to affect the listenability of the two songs. The instrumentation here is nothing too crazy, in a musical ability sense, but the band does go all out and just plays a mess of whatever. They can certainly play, and they play in a very hectic style.
Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album, they have a grungy, echo effect with them, and they sound very distorted and hard to quite get. He isn't the clearest on here so you could have trouble with the lyrics. The vocalist can sing but other than that, its pretty noisy. With the lyrics, they are interesting. First, with Soft Whiteout, we have no idea what they are talking about. These lyrics give us a very Frank Zappa vibe, and we can't tell what they are trying to say. Lump Sums we think the meaning of the song or what we get from it is, trying to hold onto and do things, only for them to come crashing down when you didn't have a chance to succeed in the beginning. Either way, the lyrics for both songs are pretty interesting.
If you are looking for a single to this album, there isn't one, so just listen to the whole thing as it's only two songs, and you w ill get an idea of what this band is all about.
Metz have made a 2 song EP that shows off what they are about and gives you an introduction to them. We aren't really sure what to think about them because this isn't really our thing, but listen to it and give it a chance, you may like it. We look forward to seeing whats next.
Genre: Indie/Punk/Grunge
Release Date: January 13th, 2009
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Website: http://www.metzztem.com/
Label: We Are Busy Bodies
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