Metric go for malevolent cyber-Americana on new single "Lie Lie Lie"

04 September 2015, 11:49 | Written by Laurence Day

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Metric have revealed "Lie Lie Lie", another taster of forthcoming sixth long-player Pagans In Vegas.

It's a tad distracting that the opening bears a bizarre resemblance to Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky", but that's fleeting - the Canadian troupe soon lunge into a futuristic slice of malevolent Americana. It's less out-and-out pop that the other cuts on their upcoming LP, and the seething energy is a welcome contrast.

Pagans In Vegas is released 18 September via MMI.

Stream "Lie Lie Lie" below. You can see the album's tracklist and the band's upcoming UK shows afterwards.

Tracklist:

1. Lie Lie Lie
2. Fortunes
3. The Shade
4. Celebrate
5. Cascades
6. For Kicks
7. Too Bad, So Sad
8. Other Side
9. Blind Valentine
10. The Governess
11. The Face Part I
12. The Face Part II

October

7 - Bristol Academy
8 - Birmingham Institute
9 - Manchester Ritz
11 - Glasgow ABC
12 - Oxford Academy
14 - London Forum