METZ

"Wet Blanket"

BY Gregory AdamsPublished Sep 17, 2012

Toronto noise pop merchants METZ are prepping for both the release of their self-titled debut on Sub Pop, and a number of globetrotting tour dates to support it. Hoping to stoke the fires a little more before either arrives is the newly launched "Wet Blanket" single.

The song starts up with peels of distortion before wrenching into a conflagration of hammered-out drums, speaker-blowing guitar melodies and bespectacled six-stringer-frontman Alex Edkins's distorted cries of "you'll never be the same." It may be a lofty assumption, but you can check out the potentially game-changing noisy nugget down below.

You can also see an updated tour schedule at the bottom of the page.

METZ will arrive on October 9.



Tour dates:

9/20 Montreal, QC - Il Motore*

9/21 Montreal, QC - Mission Santa Cruz **

10/6 Ottawa, ON - Babylon Night Club

10/9 Hamilton, ON - Baltimore House

10/10 Guelph, ON - eBar #

10/11 London, ON - APK Live #

10/12 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern #

10/18 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory / Sub Pop CMJ Showcase ***

10/20 Brighton, UK - The Hope

10/21 Leeds, UK - The Library

10/22 Glasgow, UK - Art School

10/23 Manchester, UK - Kraak Gallery

10/24 London, UK - Old Blue Blast

10/25 Paris, FR - Nouveau Casino

10/27 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

10/29 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry

11/1 Vancouver, BC - Media Club ^

11/2 Seattle, WA - Barboza

11/3 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar

11/5 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

11/7 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo

11/9 Costa Mesa, CA - Constellation Room

11/10 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar

11/12 Denver, CO  - Larimer Lounge

11/14 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox

11/16 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie

11/17 Washington, DC - Red Palace

11/19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge

11/20 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory

11/21 Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs

11/22 Montreal, QC -  Il Motore


* with Hot Snakes

** with  Merchandise

*** with Pissed Jeans, King Tuff, Poor Moon, Daughn Gibson Debo Band

# with Roomrunner

^ with Ladyhawk 

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