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Today sees the release of Metric's iTunes Originals session in Canada. The exclusive session was recently recorded off the cuff and live off the floor at East West Studios in Los Angeles and features extended versions of a few of Metric's live concert classics, as well as stripped-down tracks and new arrangements. Other songs - like Metric's take on Buffalo Springfield’s “Expecting to Fly” - expand Metric’s usual musical palette with the addition of a string quartet led by Todor Kobakov. The result is a live album which includes 8 songs and a serious 30 minute interview with the band.

Metric's iTunes session can be accessed in Canada at this link.

And you might like to help spread the word about the session and be entered into a contest to win an iPod Touch and signed Metric poster by visiting here.

There's also a brand new video for "Expecting To Fly". Check it out!

The snow is deep in Toronto.  We played our last show of the year a few weeks ago in Miami and since then we've been in righteous hibernation at Giant Studios. It feels good to be back in the neighbourhood. Today we break for the holidays, which means the band will scatter to parts unknown for a while. So far the sessions have been intense. We've got about 12 new songs bouncing off the walls in there and only another thousand hours to go. Which is alright by me. So much happened these past two years with Fantasies, there was no way for me to grasp it all in the moment and still enjoy it all the way. Maybe it's time to brush up on my Buddhism? I don't know. I'm really shit at posting regular blogs and updates because I don't want to let anything interfere with the quality reality unfolding all around me. I guess I'm old fashioned, or maybe it's just selfish, but I still romanticize the 1970s (gasp!) and I don't want to be a reporter, I want to be a musician. The music speaks first. Tweets, blogs + interviews are reserved for my potentially scandalous late night observations, news of our latest accomplishments, psychoanalysis style chats with journos, talking up bands we love and highlighting world events that are way more important than anything we will ever do or say.

But now... we're ready to remember.

For all those times we didn't send vibrations through the online world, we're proud to present a kind of advent calendar of our most resilient Fantasies-era memories, good + bad. We're looking at December 2008-December 2010. We're calling it Fantasies Flashbacks. Every day from now until New Years Eve, we'll be posting something from that portion of the always-gone-forever past. We're hoping you'll join in on the retrospective by sending us photos of yourself + your friends at one of our concerts, stories describing adventures that happened with Fantasies as the soundtrack to your life, classic video clips and whatever you treasure from the last couple years we all spent together dancing in the dark. If you've got something to contribute, go here for further instructions.  Deadline for submissions is December 31st, 2010. In early January, we'll post a selection of the best!  If you're sending photos, don’t forget to include a few words describing the moment, and why it meant something to you. That's the whole point.  Just like that, another year gone and a brand new Metric record on the way. In the words of Jimmy Shaw, "time spent is time owned." And we won't say we haven't lived. 

So let's all take a breath and let the Flashbacks begin.  I know Bob Dylan said "don't look back," but that was before most of us were even born and way before the 24-hour news cycle. It's all pretty full on and I could use a little perspective. I'm looking forward to checking out your submissions.

love,
emily xo

P.S Weirdly, this is the most effortless post I've written since the days when I was personally mailing out our music from Los Angeles with individual letters enclosed. Maybe it's because I'm not about to walk on stage in 5 minutes. Maybe I'm getting my brain back. Who knows. Let's see if it lasts or I end up opting for old school silence again. Your guess is as good as mine. 

Looking forward to looking back.