METZ to release "Dirty Shirt"/ "Leave Me Out" digital single

 

METZ release "Dirty Shirt"/ "Leave Me Out" digital single on December 4!

Pitchfork TV live stream w/ King Tuff on December 19!

New live sessions from Noisevoxx, Slacker Radio & Daytrotter!
 

Updated tour dates for 2012-13!

 

Listen to "Dirty Shirt" here.
Watch "Dirty Shirt" trailer here.

 

 

On December 4,  Sub Pop will release the digital single for "Dirty Shirt" + "Leave Me Out" by Toronto’s METZ. These songs were previously only available as a limited-edition 7" single, and “Dirty Shirt” can now be streamed online via Pitchfork.  Additionally, Pitchfork TV will broadcast a live streaming concert you can view on December 19 (at 12:30pm ET) featuring sets from METZ and label mate King Tuff.  This video piece gives a glimpse of both the figurative a-side of this single and METZ live in Toronto at the record release show for their 2012, self-titled debut album (see news story November 29).

METZ will wrap up their 2012 tour schedule with a show on December 19 in Brooklyn, NY at the Music Hall of Williamsburg with King Tuff.  Then in early 2013, the band will kick off a massive European tour, which begins on January 25 in Athens, GR at Six D.O.G.S. Cultural Center  and currently ends on March 12 in Brussels, BE at Muziekodroom. Please find a full list of tour dates below.

 

In related news, METZ have three new live sessions that feature versions of "Dirty Shirt" & "Headache" to share at this time: A Noisevoxx "Noisemakers" segment,  which was recorded in conjunction with "Live at Braund Sound" and "Stereospectacular" (watch here);  Slacker Radio (watch here); and  Daytrotter (listen here). The latter two  performances also include album cut "Wasted".   

 

METZ, led by the singles "Headache" (Mp3) & "Wet Blanket" (official video), is now available worldwide on CD, LP and digitally from Sub Pop. 

 

What people are saying about METZ:

“In the past ten years, independent bands have inched back toward the musical aggression that was something of a default for the community in the late eighties and early nineties. METZ, a trio from Toronto, have fully revived this confrontational, skilled and energetic approach. The guitarist-vocalist Alex Edkins, the drummer Hayden Menzies, and the bassist Christ Slorach have made one of the year's best albums…” ­– The New Yorker

 

"METZ songs tend to start with an isolated element-- Hayden Menzies' thundering, hammer-of-the-gods drum salvos, Alex Edkins' solitary guitar screech-- that immediately triggers a ticking time-bomb countdown for the moment when the band erupts in unison. You can see the storm coming from a mile atway, and yet, when Menzies, Edkins, and bassist Chris Slorach launch into the merciless, firestorm battering of "Negative Space" or the wrecking-ball swing of "Knife in the Water", it still startles like a sneak attack." - [8.5 / Best New Music] - Pitchfork

 

"The Toronto noise-punk trio METZ, on the other hand, were wild-eyed and brutally focused. Playing maelstroms more than songs, they’re like a less unhinged Jesus Lizard, full of coiled ferocity that engulfs you, releases you briefly, then swallows you up again. This year’s Sub Pop debut only hints at their live intensity." ["CMJ's Most Talented 10"] - SPIN.com

 

"They're pretty much a burst of musical brutality. And seeing them last night at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn was more than an affirmation of that. A trio from Toronto, they'll sit nicely next to your Melvins and Nirvana and maybe even Wire. In other words, their edge is more than attitude and volume and speed." ["CMJ Discoveries: Day 3"] - NPR's All Songs Considered 

 

Tour Dates

Dec. 19 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*

Jan. 25 - Athens, GR - Six D.O.G.S. Cultural Center

Jan. 26 - Larissa, GR - Stage Club

Jan. 28 -  Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen

Jan. 29 - Glasgow, SF - Broadcast

Jan. 30 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club

Jan. 31 - Brighton, UK - Green Door Store

Feb. 01 - London, UK - Birthdays

Feb. 04 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso

Feb. 05 - Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn

Feb. 06 - Lile, FR - L'aeronef

Feb. 07 - Paris, FR - Point FMR

Feb. 08 - Clermont Ferrand, FR - L Cooperative de Mai

Feb. 09 - Poitiers, FR - Confort Moderne

Feb. 10 - Toulouse, FR - Dynamo

Feb. 12 - Porto, PT - Plano B

Feb. 13 - Lisbon, PT - ZDB

Feb. 14 - Madrid, ES - Siroco

Feb. 15 - Barcelona, ES - La 2 de Nista

Feb. 16 - Saint Malo / Brittany, FR - La Route De La Rocke

Feb. 18 - Zurich, CH - Mascotte

Feb. 19 - Fribourg, CH - Fri-Son

Feb. 20 - Milan, IT - Ligera

Feb. 21 - Rome, IT - Traffic

Feb. 22 - Bologna, IT - Freakout

Feb. 23 - Zagreb, HR - Park (Purgeraj)

Feb. 25 - Vienna, AT - Arena

Feb. 26 - Munich, DE - Orangehouse

Feb. 27 - Nuremburg, DE - K4

Feb. 28 - Leipzig, DE - Nato

Mar. 01 - Hannover, DE - Cafe Glocksee

Mar. 02 - Hamburg, DE - Molotow

Mar. 03 - Berlin, DE - Berghain Kantine

Mar. 04 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega

Mar. 05 - Gothenborg, SE - Pustervik

Mar. 06 - Oslo, NO - Blaa

Mar. 08 - Malmo, SE - Debaser

Mar. 09 - Stockholm, SE - Svenaska Musikklubben

Mar. 10 - Zeewolde, NL - Where The Wild Things Are

Mar. 11 - Brussels, BE - AB Club

Mar. 12 - Hasselt, BE - Muziekodroom

*w/ King Tuff