If you haven’t yet checked it out, I urge you to listen to Metric’s new album – their 8th – at the first available opportunity. It’s called Formentera. It came out last week, just before I did this interview, and from its first song onwards – the sprawling, and dare I say magnificent, multipart symphony that is 'Doomscroller' - it’s one of the best collections of progressive indie pop songs I’ve heard so far this year. It is remarkable.
No really. It is a remarkable album. Why are you here still? Go check it out.
But if you are still here, well, settle in for this conversation I had with guitarist and band ever constant James Shaw. We talk Neil Young, social media, philosophy, mental health, making mistakes to make musical legends, and as is now traditional any time I speak to a Canadian for this podcast, moose. And James has one of the best moose stories this podcast has featured to date. Please excuse the occasional email alerts that pepper our conversation. James was using a computer at his PR company offices. It wasn’t his computer. It felt rude to ask him to sign out of email. And besides, I was enjoying the conversation too much…
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