Metric reveals Synthetica album artwork, teaser clips

Apr 17, 2012

Normally countdowns are only good for New Years Eve and that song by 5ive, but Metric’s army of fans will no doubt be glued to the days/hours/minutes/seconds countdown now up on ilovemetric.com.

In 55 days and 20 hours, the Canadian indie rock outfit’s fifth effort, Synthetica, will be hitting shelves and internet waves (that’s how the internet works, right?). That’s the album artwork above, and we’ll be getting our first taste of the record on May 1st with the release of lead single “Youth Without Youth.”

Prior to that, we can assemble a slight idea of the record’s direction by watching the twelve teaser clips posted to the band’s website today. They don’t show much – just some grainy shots of the studio soundtracked by calm synthesizer. See for yourself below, and look out for that new single in two weeks: