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Going Metric

11 February 2023

9:00 AM

11 February 2023

9:00 AM

Metric

Roundhouse

Thus Love

Seabright Arms, and touring until 4 March

Mary in the Junkyard

Seabright Arms, and touring until 14 February

Why aren’t Metric stars? In their native Canada, several of their albums have gone platinum, but the rest of the world? Not so much. Twenty-five years after Emily Haines and James Shaw formed the band, here they still are, playing to a not-quite-full Roundhouse to promote their eighth album, Formentera.

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