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Metric muddle a modern dystopia on ‘Dark Saturday’

For their seventh album, Metric want you take you on a nightmarish weekend bender. Shining a light on the black sheep of the upper class, their new track “Dark Saturday” paints a black and white snapshot of greed and oblivious entitlement with jaunty synth-rock. The group’s full record, title TBA, officially drops September 21 via MMI/Crystal Math Music. “This is our seventh album as a band,” says frontwoman Emily Haines, “and we wanted the first song people heard from it to be ‘Dark Saturday’ as a sonic heads up that our guitars are back in force. Lyrically, the song depicts a dystopian nightlife scene of gaudy wealth where oblivious party girls say nauseating things like, ‘I’m so rich/Everything’s free.’” Tune in below and catch the Ontario group with Smashing Pumpkins at TD Garden on July 31. Featured photo by Justin Broadbent.