Metric Romanticize The Dive (Metallic Silver) vinyl is the indie exclusive pressing you want if you care about owning this record in its best possible physical form. Released through Thirty Tigers under catalog number METEXC 21789, this LP arrives on a metallic silver colored vinyl that gives it a clear visual identity on the shelf and signals that it was made with collectors in mind. This is not the standard black pressing. It is the one that was set aside for independent retailers, and that distinction matters.
Metric and the Record That Brings It Full Circle
Metric was formed in Toronto by Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw, the songwriting and production core of the band, alongside Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott Key. Both Haines and Shaw were also founding members of Broken Social Scene, but Metric was always the primary focus. Early on, the band relocated to New York, where they found themselves embedded in a moment that included LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and TV On The Radio. That environment shaped them. Romanticize The Dive is their tenth studio album, and it opens with Haines pulling the listener directly into that history: “let me take you back, it was the start of something.” The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York with the same production team behind their 2009 breakthrough Fantasies, a reunion that was clearly deliberate. The eleven tracks here include Victim of Luck, Time Is a Bomb, Moral Compass and Clouds to Break, among others.
Why This Metric Romanticize The Dive (Metallic Silver) Vinyl Pressing Is Worth Having
Colored vinyl exclusives pressed for independent record shops tend to have shorter production runs than standard retail pressings. The metallic silver color on this one is particularly well chosen given the album’s reflective mood and its backward glance at two decades of work. For anyone who has followed Metric since the New York years, or since Fantasies, or even since Synthetica, this pressing is a physical object that matches the weight of what the album is doing. It sits apart from the standard edition in both appearance and context. Thirty Tigers handles this release, a label known for artist-friendly, independent distribution, which fits neatly with the band’s own long history of resisting major label pressure and operating on their own terms. If you are building a Metric collection or you want the right version of this record rather than just any version, this is it.
Tracklist
1. VICTIM OF LUCK 2. WILD RUT 3. TIME IS A BOMB 4. CRUSH FOREVER 5. TREMOLO 6. MORAL COMPASS 7. AS IF YOU'RE HERE 8. LOYAL 9. ANTIGRAVITY 10. CLOUDS TO BREAK 11. LEAVE YOU ON A HIGH
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