METZ have announced their new album, Up on Gravity Hill, along with a headlining tour in 2024. The Canadian band's first full-length in four years arrives April 12 via Sub Pop, but you can now listen to new singles “99” and “Entwined (Street Light Buzz)”. stream the tracks below.
Designed by Seth Manchester (Mdou Moctar, Lingua Ignota, Battles), Up on Gravity Hill features guest performances from Black Mountain's Amber Webber and composer and string arranger Owen Pallett. It is described in a press release as “a deeply, detailed and unflinchingly personal collection of songs” that is both METZ's “most powerful record to date” and their most beautiful. Pre-orders are in progress.
The international support tour kicks off its North American leg in Boston on April 17 and will feature dates in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and more before heading to the UK and Europe beginning in mid-August. See the full itinerary below.
Tickets are currently on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster. You can also search for deals for North American dates via StubHub — where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub's FanProtect program — or viagogo for international shows.
In a statement, METZ guitarist and vocalist Alex Edkins said the new singles “could not be more stylistically and thematically different. 'Entwined (Street Light Buzz)' is a song about the deep connection that humans can foster with each other and how we carry people with us forever, even after death. '99' is about the scourge of corporate greed and bottom line thinking that runs rampant in modern society. “Anything for a dollar is the message being sent to younger generations.”
METZ's latest album, Atlas Marketingwas released in October 2020. Most recently, they teamed up with Joe Talbot of IDLES in 2022 for “Come on Down.”
Up on Gravity Hill Artwork:
Up on Gravity Hill Songs list:
01. Without reservations/Love falls apart
02. Glass eye
03. Intertwined (Buzzing Street Lights)
04.99
05. Superior mirage
06. Tight wound
07. Never still again
08. Light your way home
METZ 2024 Tour Dates:
04/17 – Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theater $
04/19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom $
04/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
04/21 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar $
04/23 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl $
04/24 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn $
04/25 – Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge $
04/26 – Austin, TX @ The Parish (Austin Psych Fest) $
04/27 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall $
04/29 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf $
04/30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar $
01/05 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah $
05/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ $1,720
05/03 – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz $
04/05 – San Francisco, CA @ La Capilla $
06/05 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom $
05/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos$
05/10 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club $
11/05 – Chicago, IL @ Lower Hall $
05/16 – Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theater $
05/17 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall $
08/15 – Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man Festival
08/16 – St Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock
08/17 – Charleville-Mezières, FR @ Festival Cabaret Vert
08/23 – Málaga, ES @ Fiesta Canela
02/11 – Rennes, FR @ L'Antípoda
03/11 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirène
04/11 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
05/11 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperativa de Mai
06/11 – Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
07/11 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
09/11 – Prague, CZ @ Futurum
10/11 – Budapest, HU @ Turbine
12/11 – Krakow, PL @ Klub Zascianek
13/11 – Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hydrozagadka
11/16 – Berlin, DE @ Hole44
11/18 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
11/19 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
11/20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
11/21 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
11/22 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
11/23 – Lille, France @ L'Aéronef
11/25 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
11/26 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
11/27 – Birkenhead, UK @ Future Yard
11/28 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
11/29 – London, United Kingdom @ Village Underground
$ = with gouge
* = with Remove and Get Rid of Me
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