Founded by frontwoman Emily Haines (beloved by critics for her work as part of Broken Social Scene, as well as her 2006 solo recordings as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton) and guitarist Jimmy Shaw, the group - also consisting of Joshua Winstead on bass, and Joules Scott Key on drums - self-financed the recording of 'Fantasies', set up their own global label operation and assembled a team to release the new album in major territories around the world. For Haines, the road to 'Fantasies' began on the evening of March 30, 2008 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto: She was all set to perform the sombre piano-based ballads that comprised the two releases from her solo venture, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton 'Knives Don't Have Your Back' and 'What Is Free To a Good Home?' - much of which were written following a time of great sadness and personal loss. But having performed those songs so many times since Knives' September 2006 release, Haines had an epiphany during that Phoenix show - she didn't want to be sad anymore. And she didn't want to play those songs. So, about 40 minutes into the show, she stopped "Dr. Blind" mid-verse and said just that: "I don't want to play these songs anymore." Instead, she spent the next half hour talking to her fans, encouraging them to join her at the piano on stage and, for the grand finale, pulling a kid from the audience for an impromptu duet on Metric's "Live It Out". She was up for anything - except playing those songs. Some disappointed Soft Skeleton fans in the crowd probably thought the show was a trainwreck. But for Haines herself, it was about getting her mind back on track - to the business of completing Metric's long-awaited fourth album, 'Fantasies'. Formed in Toronto but, at various times, based in Montreal, London, New York and L.A., Metric boasts the sort of history that requires one of those connect-the-dots redlined maps you see in an Indiana Jones movie - and the story of 'Fantasies' is no different. Produced by Gavin Brown (The Tea Party, Billy Talent), co-produced by Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw, and mixed by Grammy award winning collaborator John O'Mahony (Coldplay, The Strokes).

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Help I'm Alive
2. Sick Muse
3. Satellite Mind
4. Twilight Galaxy
5. Gold Guns & Girls
6. Gimme Sympathy
7. Collect Call
8. Front Row
9. Blindness
10. Stadium Love