Metric have announced that their new LP Romanticize the Dive will arrive on April 24 via Thirty Tigers. First single “Victim of Luck” is a soaring electro-pop cut that roars along with a bevy of synths and crunching drums, all of which sit nicely beneath vocalist Emily Haines’ melody. She sings about the rise of her band and the highs and lows that come with success: “I was a starving artist but I was fearless / Now I don’t know what we are, frightened of heights we knew.”
In a statement, Haines shared that the single—and the album more broadly—is about “the romance of a less than perfect life. It’s about dropping the mask of self-consciousness and vanity. It was a long journey for me to get out of my own way and I wanted this song to be a rallying cry for that, better late than never. You can be as much a victim of good luck as bad. So when we started out yes we were broke and we were playing to ten people and there was nothing for us to fall back on but we refused to give up, and it’s not as though we’re all superstar billionaires now, but that was never what we were after. It turns out the grind is the thing you wouldn’t trade and the bonds you made can’t be faked. What we wanted is what we have and we’re not victims of anything. We dedicated our lives to each other and it’s the best feeling in the world.”
As previously announced, Metric will be touring with Broken Social Scene and Stars later this year. Check out those dates here, pre-order Romanticize the Dive here, and watch the video for “Victim of Luck” below.
