Metric "Formentera" 2025-09-12 the paper inner sleeve bore

the paper inner sleeve bore a psychedelic design

Formed in the northern industrial town of Stoke on Trent in 1977

New pressing now available on translucent green vinyl

Chris Flores on drums

sacred harp singing

Metric "Formentera" 2025-09-12 the paper inner sleeve boreThe vinyl artwork for Metrics new album, Formentera, includes a motto that sums up the past few years: This Is What Happened. Its an understatement that manages to say everything. Even real places become imaginary when they are so far out of reach. Named for an idyllic island near Ibiza off the coast of Spain, Formentera is a place that, for Metric, only existed on a page in a dream destinations travel book that lay open on a desk in the new recording