Hey everyone, how’s your
week been? It’s gotten awfully cold lately, at least here in Toronto. Winter hasn't even begun and for your readers outside of Canada, some of you probably
would never want to experience a Canadian winter. Just trying to set the
spotlight on Canada for a bit before I introduce this week’s (yet again)
Canadian band, blog post and guitar cover to go along with it… Metric is one of Canada’s best known modern
bands and have caught the attention of many fans from all over the world. I
first heard of this band years ago when they put out their song ‘Monster
Hospital’ back in 2005. I was not too fond of the band from hearing the one
song but I decided to give them a chance and had a listen to a few of their
other ones and followed their progression here and there throughout the years.
Once I discovered their song ‘Combat Rock’, which happened to be an older song
of theirs actually, I began to get hooked to their sound. I think I've just got
some luck of discovering a song that I am not a fan of as the first one by
every band.
Metric can be best described
as an alternative band where electronica plays a very large role in their
sound. It is not the type of electronica that people might associate with the
present happenings of the electronic dance music scene but instead very limited
synths that are just enough to give their music that extra kick. Their music is
simple in nature, at least on their albums. I have seen them play in concert a
couple of times and they tend to add more to their live show. The drums in most
of their songs tend to follow a very steady beat with not too many fillings; it
really serves its primary purpose of keeping their songs on track and not to be
too distracting. In many of their songs, the guitar serves the purpose of
maintaining the rhythm while the synths take the role of providing the
melodies. The bass stands out in their songs because the guitar focuses more on
the higher register to compliment the synth. This gives their songs a very
groovy feel that tends to make you want to move more to the bass lines rather
than anything else. Finally, Emily Haines is a phenomenal vocalist. She is
criticized for her live performance since she alters the way she projects the
song but in my opinion that just adds more to the uniqueness of the band.
Listening to an identical replication of the studio version of a song might be
remarkable but at the same time can be boring.
The song I have chosen to
cover by them is their single ‘Gold Guns Girls’ off of their Fantasies album
put out in 2009. This song stands out to me because it has more of an edgier
feel than their other songs. The tone of the guitar has a bit of a vintage
sound that really appeals to me. The bass really drives the song throughout the
verses and into the chorus. The main guitar riff of the song that starts it off
and is played in the backing of the chorus is simply an open A note played out
followed by an octave up. The verses and bridge of the song follow a F, G and
Am chord progression while the choruses follow a Am, F and G progression.
That’s pretty much the entire song stripped down to a simple format.
I might start putting up
more covers without writing up a blog for them on my YouTube channel so keep a
look out there for more of them. I will put out a notice on both the Facebook
and Twitter pages if I do though. I will still keep on doing the usual blog
post/cover combo every Tuesday. Check back next week and share my other pages
as well as the blog with your friends please! Enjoy the rest of your week!
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