Metric "Formentera" psychobilly Tennessee in 2004

Tennessee in 2004

Anyone disputing this fact need look no further than any heavy metal gig and play 'spot the Motörhead T-shirt and jacket'

While this sophomore release is unmistakably Arctic Monkeys

and is already becoming a staple "must have" album in the adult punk rock community

Metric "Formentera" psychobilly Tennessee in 2004The vinyl artwork for Metrics new album, Formentera, includes a motto that sums up the past few years: This Is What Happened. Its an understatement that manages to say everything. Even real places become imaginary when they are so far out of reach. Named for an idyllic island near Ibiza off the coast of Spain, Formentera is a place that, for Metric, only existed on a page in a dream destinations travel book that lay open on a desk in the new recording