{"id":31766,"date":"2012-07-16T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T20:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=31766"},"modified":"2012-07-16T13:19:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T20:19:01","slug":"tunes-worth-hearing-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/tunes-worth-hearing-june-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunes Worth Hearing: June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I<\/span>‘ve kind of slacked off on listening to the music lately; part of that is that Metric’s new album was released in June, and I’ve kind of had it on repeat. The other part is just that I haven’t felt like listening to much else. In any case, I did find a few albums I thought worth mentioning this month in addition to Metric.<\/p>\n

Metric – Synthetica<\/em><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Frankly, there wasn’t much question in my mind that once Metric’s new album came out, it would leap to the top of my favorites for the month – in fact, most likely for the year. Metric is probably my favorite currently-working band, and I’ve never yet been disappointed by any of their releases. Of course, there’s a first time for everything, but this is not that time. Naming their new album Synthetica<\/em> seems like a natural move – after all, the band is well-known for their throwback use of New Wave-esque synths. But that’s not all that’s going on here; frontwoman\/songwriter Emily Haines has constructed an album about the blurring and distinctions between the real and artificial, embodied life and synthetic detachment. Like most of her lyrics, the power behind these is felt rather than explained, and the music, which harkens back to the entirety of the band’s past as well as pushing forward, matches the evocative lyrics beat for beat. An easy front-runner for my favorite of the year.<\/p>\n

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