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It being a Tuesday afternoon, you, dear reader, are likely in a post-lunch food coma. So we thought we'd make that food coma positively hallucinogenic by directing your attention to "Expecting To Fly," a totally trippy new video from Metric.
A little background info. Metric is a Canadian indie-rock band fronted and fueled by the charismatic presence of frontwoman Emily Haines. This long-running group, with tangential ties to Broken Social Scene, makes nervy, New Wave-ish pop. A good place to start is their '09 album, Fantasies, which features standout songs like "Gold Gun Girls" and "Satellite Minds."
"Expecting To Fly" is a cover of a song by the seminal classic rock band, Buffalo Springfield, which featured legendary older dudes Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. Metric's cover of the track is sort of atypical for them; it's a piano-driven dirge, full of dreamy atmosphere, sort of reminiscent of Mazzy Star.
The video, directed by Christopher Mills, really ups the dreamy factor. We see a collage of imagery, one blurring into the next. It's sure to make your post-lunch daze that much more memorable.
"Expecting To Fly" is available on Metric's iTunes Session. Check out Metric's video for "Expecting to Fly," here.