Metz, la band post-hardcore canadese a sorpresa annuncia il proprio scioglimento, ma prima un ultimo tour in Europa

I Metz, band canadese affermatasi grazie ad un’efficace mix di post-hardcore, grunge, noise e post-punk, a sorpresa hanno annunciato il proprio scioglimento. La decisione è avvenuta dopo la pubblicazione di sei album in grado di imporli fra le migliori realtà del nuovo millennnio nel circuito alt-rock internazionale. La formazione di Toronto abbandonerà le scene alla fine del tour europeo già programmato per l'intero mese di novembre. La prima data è prevista il prossimo 2 novembre a Rennes, in Francia, l’ultima il 29 novembre a Londra. Si tratta dell’ultima leg a supporto del recente album “Up On Gravity Hill”, pubblicato - come tutti gli altri dischi dei Metz - per Sub Pop lo scorso aprile.
L'esordio del trio era avvenuto nel 2012 con il sorprendente “Metz”, album che consentì loro di essere subito considerati fra i più credibili eredi dei Nirvana, anche per via delle esibizioni potenti ed incendiarie.
Di seguito il comunicato diffuso sui social da Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies e Chris Slorach:
“Our upcoming EU/UK Tour will be our last. We’ve collectively decided to close this chapter of METZ. The band will be on “indefinite hiatus” while we take time to focus on other endeavors and enjoy more time at home with our families.
For the last 15+ years, we’ve dedicated our lives to this band and have had the immense privilege and pleasure of touring the globe and seeing the world. It has been nothing short of life-affirming. METZ has brought an immeasurable amount of joy to our lives and it’s our sincere hope it’s brought you some joy too. We are so grateful to all of you who’ve joined us along the way and have made this life a reality for the three of us.
We are incredibly proud of the body of work we’ve created and thankful for the lasting friendships and experiences that our music has afforded us. A special thank you to Sub Pop Records for always believing in us and allowing us to chart our own unconventional path. Sub Pop continues to be a glowing beacon of what is good in this deeply flawed industry, and we will always be grateful for their support and friendship. To work with people we consider family has been a true blessing.
Together, we’ve released 6 LPs, countless singles, played hundreds of shows across the globe, and have far exceeded any goals or ambitions we could’ve dreamt up as basement dwellers in 2009. It’s always been about the love of music and the beautiful mess that would seemingly manifest when we turned the amps up.
We’ve taken great pride in drawing outside the lines of convention and existing on our own terms. But no band is an island, and we never could’ve done a fraction of it without the inspiring and supportive network of family, friends, musicians, artists, labels, photographers, bookers, writers, journalists, independent record store owners, college radio DJ’s, and music fans that make this symbiotic wheel keep spinning.
If you’ve ever attended a METZ show, you know it was more than a band to us. We gave every ounce of ourselves to METZ, and it will be very hard to let it go. The intangible feeling of connection, community, and inclusivity that music creates has always been at the heart of what we do and will inevitably be what we miss the most. We will miss singing, screaming, sweating, and dancing with all of you.
We hope you join us for our final shows and help us celebrate something we will always hold dear.
Love and Peace
Alex, Chris, Hayden

Queste le date del tour europeo d'addio, programmato per il prossimo mese di novembre:
02-11 Rennes, France - L’Antipode
03-11 La Rochelle, France - La Sirène
04-11 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
05-11 Clermont-Ferrand, France - La Coopérative de Mai
06-11 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
07-11 Zurich, Switzerland - Bogen F
09-11 Prague, Czech Republic - Futurum
10-11 Budapest, Hungary - Turbina
12-11 Krakow, Poland - Klub Zascianek
13-11 Warsaw, Poland - Klub Hydrozagadka
16-11 Berlin, Germany - Hole44
18-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
19-11 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
20-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
21-11 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
22-11 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
23-11 Lille, France - L’Aéronef
25-11 Birmingham, England - Hare & Hounds $
26-11 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club $
27-11 Birkenhead, England - Future Yard $
28-11 Bristol, England - Strange Brew $
29-11 London, England - Village Underground $

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