01. "No Reservation / Love Comes Crashing" 02. "Glass Eye" 03. "Entwined (street Light Buzz)" 04. "99" 05. "Superior Mirage" 06. "Wound Tight" 07. "Never Still Again" 08. "Light Your Way Home"
Description:
Up On Gravity Hill by Metz, released 12 April 2024, includes the following tracks: "Entwined (Street Light Buzz)", "Superior Mirage", "Never Still Again" and more.
This version of Up On Gravity Hill comes as a 1xCD. -
"Up on Gravity Hill" is a CD release by the Canadian noise-rock band Metz, issued by the influential independent label Sub Pop. On this album, Metz continue to refine their trademark sound: a visceral blend of abrasive guitars, dense distortion, hammering drums, and shouted yet melodic vocals. The songs move between explosive outbursts and tightly controlled tension, capturing the raw energy of the band's live performances while offering more nuance and detail in the arrangements. The production emphasizes thickness and impact without sacrificing clarity, allowing every riff, feedback swell, and rhythmic shift to punch through with authority. Lyrically, the record navigates themes of alienation, pressure, and emotional overload, channeling anxiety and frustration into cathartic, tightly wound songs that feel both urgent and meticulously constructed.
As a format, the CD edition presents the album with full dynamic range and a coherent, front-to-back listening experience. Track sequencing is designed to pull the listener into a continuous arc, alternating between relentless, high-tempo assaults and more groove-oriented passages that give the material space to breathe. Fans of noise rock, post-hardcore, and heavy alternative rock will find a record that is uncompromising yet accessible, with hooks buried inside walls of sound and choruses that surface from the chaos at just the right moment. "Up on Gravity Hill" works equally well as a headphone record, where its layered details and textures unfold gradually, and as a high-volume experience that showcases the band's physical, almost tactile sound.
Metz have built a strong reputation since their formation, becoming one of the most respected contemporary bands in the noise-rock and post-hardcore underground. Known for their ferocious live shows, they have released several acclaimed records that pushed their sound from raw minimalism toward more adventurous songwriting while preserving a confrontational, high-intensity core. Over the years, Metz have toured extensively and earned critical praise for keeping the spirit of abrasive, guitar-driven rock alive in a landscape often dominated by more polished styles. With "Up on Gravity Hill," they continue this trajectory, delivering a record that feels both evolution and reaffirmation: sharper in detail, broader in emotional range, but still unmistakably Metz.
Sub Pop, the label behind this release, is one of the most iconic independent record companies in modern music. Founded in Seattle, it played a key role in the rise of alternative rock and grunge, and has since developed a reputation for discovering and supporting distinctive, left-of-center artists across rock, indie, and beyond. Sub Pop is known for artist-friendly long-term relationships and a catalog that spans underground cult favorites and widely recognized bands, making the label a quality mark for adventurous, guitar-driven music. The collaboration between Metz and Sub Pop underscores the label's ongoing commitment to loud, challenging, and innovative rock that resists easy trends.
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