After an almost 25 year history, Metric reigns as an iconic, beloved and critically acclaimed indie rock band, staying true to their roots while at the same time breaking through to the mainstream. Their new album Formentera is the follow-up to 2018's Art of Doubt. The vinyl artwork for record includes a motto that sums up the past few years: This Is What Happened. It’s 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 studio that guitarist Jimmy Shaw built in 2020, in a rural hamlet north of Toronto. This is the setting where the band’s eighth album took shape. Formentera is available to order here on Limited Edition Sky Blue colored vinyl as well as standard black vinyl and CD.

Local preorders are available to pick up now.

Track Listing

1 Doomscroller

2 All Comes Crashing

3 What Feels Like Eternity

4 Formentera

5 Enemies of the Ocean

6 I Will Never Settle

7 False Dichotomy

8 Oh Please

9 Paths in the Sky