Metric Acoustic EP Coming

10/22/09 12:03pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Metric will release a five-song acoustic EP dubbed Plug In Plug Out on Tuesday.

The mini-album will be exclusively available through Amazon.com for the first 30 days of its release, and thereafter will be for sale through iTunes, the band's website, stores and other digital outlets. It features acoustic versions of five songs from this year's Polaris Music Prize short listed Fantasies.

The EP coincides with Metric's current North American tour, which continues Friday (Oct. 23) in London, Ont. The band are touring in support of Fantasies.

You can see singer/keyboardist Emily Haines, guitarist Jimmy Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key here:

Oct. 23 London, ON @ Centennial Hall w/ The Stills
Oct. 24 Hamilton, ON @ Wentworth Room at Hamilton Convention Centre
Oct. 28 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Oct. 29 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Event Centre
Oct. 30 Calgary, AB @ Big 4
Oct. 31 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Nov. 2 Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Theatre
Nov. 3 Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
Nov. 16 Buffalo, nY @ The Town Ballroom
Nov. 17 Portland, ME @ Portland City Music Hall
Nov. 18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Nov. 19 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Nov. 20 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Nov. 21 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
Nov. 23 Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live
Nov. 24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
Nov. 25 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Nov. 27 Charlotte, NC @ Neighbourhood Theatre
Nov. 28 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Nov. 30 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Dec. 1 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Dec. 2 Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom

Here are the songs on Plug In Plug Out:

"Gimme Sympathy"
"Gold Guns Girls"
"Help I'm Alive"
"Satellite Mind"
"Twilight Galaxy"