{"product_id":"metz-automat","title":"Metz - Automat","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetz, Sub Pop’s own widely-adored and delightfully noisy three-piece punk band from Toronto (ON, Canada), have been laying waste to stages around\u003cbr\u003ethe globe for over 10 years. During that tumultuous chunk of time Metz,\u003cbr\u003ecomprised of Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies and Chris Slorach, have\u003cbr\u003ecemented their reputation as one of the planet’s most exhilarating live acts\u003cbr\u003eand trusted providers of bombastic outsider rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the band have earned enthusiastic support from The New\u003cbr\u003eYorker, Mojo, NPR, The New York Times, KEXP, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The\u003cbr\u003eAV Club, Q, Uncut, Exclaim and a bunch of others. Referring to the trio’s\u003cbr\u003etireless tour regime and unquenchable thirst to bring their music to the\u003cbr\u003epeople, John Reis (Hot Snakes, RFTC, Drive Like Jehu) once said, “your\u003cbr\u003eambition is really unflattering, chill out.” They did not listen. Instead, their\u003cbr\u003elove of the road and passion to create uncompromising and challenging\u003cbr\u003emusic remains unwavering and has only grown over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir recorded output to date, a cornucopia of pop-inflected noise punk and\u003cbr\u003edamaged fuzz anthems, includes three critically-acclaimed albums with Sub\u003cbr\u003ePop, as well as a plethora of limited-edition releases, collaborations, covers\u003cbr\u003eand rarities. Which brings us to ‘Automat’, a collection of non-album singles,\u003cbr\u003eB-sides and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time\u003cbr\u003eand including the band's long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded here are the band’s first three 7” singles, recorded 2009-2010 and\u003cbr\u003eoriginally released by We Are Busy Bodies Records; a demo version of ‘Wet\u003cbr\u003eBlanket’, the explosive single from 2012’s ‘Metz’; two tracks from the\u003cbr\u003elimited-edition bonus single that accompanied preorders of ‘Metz’; ‘Can’t\u003cbr\u003eUnderstand’, originally released in 2013 by [adult swim]; and both tracks\u003cbr\u003efrom the band’s 2015 single on Three One G.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsumers of the vinyl formats of ‘Automat’ will be rewarded with a bonus 7” single that includes three additional tracks: a cover of Sparklehorse’s\u003cbr\u003e‘Pig’, from a very limited 2012 Record Store Day split single originally\u003cbr\u003ereleased by Toronto’s Sonic Boom record shop; ‘I’m a Bug’, a cover of The\u003cbr\u003eUrinals’ art-punk classic, originally released on YouTube (not an actual\u003cbr\u003erecord label) in 2014; and Metz’s previously unreleased rendition of Gary\u003cbr\u003eNuman’s ‘M.E.’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll tracks on ‘Automat’ have been lovingly remastered for maximum\u003cbr\u003esoundiness by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service. Metz are\u003cbr\u003ecurrently hard at work on their fourth full-length album which will be\u003cbr\u003ereleased on Sub Pop when they’re damn good and ready.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322944860537,"sku":null,"price":15.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/metz-automat-south-records-ltd_4b8168c6-1410-4cba-bd07-a17c61327811.jpg?v=1787904186","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/metz-automat","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}