Blog: SURFING ON STEAM

Metric 's first video from the forthcoming Fantasies shows the quartet moving away from all things "electro". So it's no surprise that this clip highlights the band's more straightforward, matured songwriting by avoiding cheesy close-ups or gimmicky visual effects that many directors dig their own graves with, and the chart-ready, pop feel of "Gimme Sympathy" is too smart for that anyway. Me like. Metric: "Gimme Sympathy" - Directed by Frank Borin: