METZ will release their “Eraser” single on January 22nd, with vinyl 7″ copies available thru the San Diego label Three One G, and digital versions via Sub Pop. These are the band’s first recordings since their II LP came out earlier this year on Sub Pop, and if “Eraser” is any indication the band is in as noisy and ear scraping form as ever! Recorded by Graham Walsh at Union Sound Company, and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service, this track still manages to come packaged in some serious sonic grit. Like much of the punk music emerging from Toronto–checkout some favorites from the cities’ Buzz Records like HSY or Odonis Odonis–this music burns with a dire and caustic fervor that brings to mind the early days of Big Black, the Butthole Surfers, Touch and Go’s virulent roster, or even band’s from the glory days of Sub Pop’s more shambolic youth. And yet, METZ furious urgency means this is a music agonizingly engaged in the now!
This week METZ will embark on an extensive world tour, with dates into 2016. Check ’em out here…
Oct 16 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand
Oct 17 – Lund, Sweden – Mejeriet
Oct 18 – Oslo, Norway – John Dee
Oct 19 – Aarhus, Denmark – Atlas
Oct 20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen at Christiana
Oct 22 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
Oct 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
Oct 24 – Zwolle, Netherlands – Lets Get Lost Festival
Oct 25 – Frankfurt, Germany – Elfer Club
Oct 27 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie
Oct 28 – Lille, France – L’Aeronef
Oct 29 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
Oct 30 – Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds
Oct 31 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Nov 1 – London, UK – Scala
Nov 3 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
Nov 4 – Manchester, UK – Sound Control
Nov 5 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
Nov 6 – Dublin, IR – Whelan’s
Nov 18 – Helsinki, Finland – Supermassive Festival
Nov 20 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who? Festival
Nov 21 – Kortrijk, Belgium – Sonic City Festival
Nov 24 – St.Petersburg, Russia – The Place
Nov 25 – Ekaterinburg, Russia – Nirvana
Nov 26 – Moscow, Russia – Klub Teatr
Nov 29 – Brighton, UK – Mutations Festival
Jan 9 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Jan 11 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
Jan 12 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Jan 13 – New York City, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Jan 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jan 16 – Chicago, IL – Metro
Jan 29 – Tokyo, Japan – Fever
Jan 30 – Singapore – The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay
Feb 1 – Auckland, NZ – Silo Park
Feb 5 – Adelaide, AU – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide
Feb 6 – Brisbane, AU – Brisbane Showground, Bowen Hills
Feb 7 – Sydney, AU – Sydney College of the Arts
Feb 13 – Melbourne, AU – Footscray Community Arts Centre and the River’s Edge
Feb 14 – Fremantle, AU – Esplanade Resreve and West End
