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Metric Synthetica This review originally ran in AP 288. Metric’s genius is how they evolve from album to album, but never abandon their core strengths: zooming keyboards, pop hooks and frontwoman Emily Haines’ badass, angel-with-a-dark-side voice. The band’s fifth full-length, Synthetica, is no different. As its name implies, the album is heavy on electronic-sounding elements—guitars […]