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Sep 30, 2026
Anthony JeselnikHOST
Uh, that I think that, uh, I think she was just being a little reckless, but did, certainly did not intend to kill herself.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
Hey, Jesalnick, I see you're wearing a Metric shirt for our September book reveal.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
A clever nod to characters in the Toronto music scene, perhaps? Did you snag that shirt just for this occasion, or are you, uh, surreptitiously a diehard fan of the Canadian music scene trying to impress us with your musical cred? If you were to choose a song that encapsulates the essence of the hotel or the journey of a character, what would it be and why? Cheers, Sean Iskirski, Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver Island.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
Okay.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
When I chose to wear my Metric T-shirt, it was a pretty new one.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
I'm a big Metric fan.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
I didn't even think about Emily Haines, Emily St. John Mandel.
Anthony JeselnikHOST
That was not planned.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Having that and then Stars decided that they wanted to come over to A&C, and suddenly we found ourselves, oh, we're building off of the inner circle of Broken Social Scene, and the only band that was kind of like, "No, we gotta do our own thing.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We don't wanna be a part of this," was Metric, and they wanted to, like, distinctly find their own path and not be within the realm of that shadow, even though they went off to dominate, and "Athens for a 17-Year-Old Girl" was such a strong song for them.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That was a very pure moment for Jimmy and Emily, so grateful for that, obviously, and grateful for their success, and they did it their own way.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I would like to mention that Metric, Stars, Feist was all around before Broken Social Scene.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had, if not records or EPs, they had careers before we had come out, so they're always like, "Oh, you did this thing where you launched these people." It's like, well, they were working very, very hard, [laughs] and we asked them to come and join this thing and, and just sing songs and play.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But also, I was a big fan.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I love Stars.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I love Feist Records.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
Because I kind of think it's CanCon.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
But maybe, have we talked, I mean, kind of like Metric.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
I'm thinking like Metric, Our Lady Peace, these artists that have had these American careers.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
I'm super interested in figuring out where it goes CanCon
Laura StanleyHOST
and
Rene RouleauHOST
It's kind of cool.
Rene RouleauHOST
Broken Social Scene also has Emily Hines, who would later form the band Metric.
Rene RouleauHOST
Metric has 5.8 million monthly listeners.
Rene RouleauHOST
And then there's Amy Mann.
Rene RouleauHOST
who would also play in another Canadian indie band called Stars.
Rene RouleauHOST
I think that's
Sean KapstickHOST
to be expected, given the disarray and the, you know, broken social scene, as you'll talk about, broke onto the scene.
Sean KapstickHOST
And, you know, they were big and Metric and the stars lived in broken social scene shadow for a lot of the early 2000s.
CamHOST
Yeah.
CaitlinHOST
But then we went and saw Stars, Metric, and Broken Social Scene.
CaitlinHOST
They were all on tour together and that was...
CaitlinHOST
Kevin was not there.
CaitlinHOST
Yeah.
CaitlinHOST
Like, honestly, like, I just, like, think that I accept...
CaitlinHOST
Because, like, the lead singer of Metric... is like the singer in yeah
CamHOST
um emily haynes
Nathan JollyHOST
Yeah, that's great.
Nathan JollyHOST
When Broken Social Scene started to get interest and Metric was also getting interest, was that hard to balance? Like I know the other one's very much a bigger project, like there's 11 people in it or something.
Nathan JollyHOST
Yeah.
Emily HainesGUEST
Yeah, there was no, no, because I'm just in metric.
6 MINS LATER
Emily HainesGUEST
Save something for the ending.
Emily HainesGUEST
All right, we're out.
Nathan JollyHOST
That was Emily Haynes from Metric and their new record Romanticize the Dive is out now.
Nathan JollyHOST
You can get that from ilovemetric.com and if you want to see that video of Emily performing with Lou Reed at Radio City Music Hall just google Metric and Lou Reed Pale Blue Eyes.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
Major label A&R guys sifted through the world of indie rock, offering questionable deals with big advances attached, and treating the bands like baseball players coming up from the minor leagues.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
Emily Haines of Metric has her own major label letdown story.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
It's about Andy Ross of the British indie label Food Records, who's best known for signing Blur.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
He sold the label to EMI in 2000 and ran it, until one fateful day.
Emily HainesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We were right on the brink of signing with Food Records, and then when Andy goes to his parent company to say, "Hey, I really wanna sign this band, Metric, to my label," they're like, "Oh, yeah, no. You're not signing them, and also, BT dubs, you no longer have funding for your label." Ultimately, we had to come back to New York.
Emily HainesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All our prospects basically dried up with the major labels.
Emily HainesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'd been given offers that were just, like, so stupid and not what we wanted, and lucky for us, it's that moment in New York when this garage rock thing is happening.
John RichardsHOST
It's like, oh, really? It works, though.
John RichardsHOST
Trenta Mueller in there with Terrified, Metric with Victim of Love, and again, that Pitch House, man.
John RichardsHOST
Don't sleep on this one.
John RichardsHOST
Dinner with the Dreamies, so good.
Laura StanleyHOST
He's a heavy, like he's a heavy hitter, for sure.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
Y- and if the Broken Social Scene Metric Stars tour was his idea, great idea.
Laura StanleyHOST
Totally.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
So-
Mackenzie CameronHOST
...
Mackenzie CameronHOST
I was talking to s- I was talking to someone yesterday on the stoop, and they said that... 'Cause when I went to see Ian, Jean, and Poitrine, I was like, "Ah, yeah, it was like so full for the opening band.
Mackenzie CameronHOST
Very rare." And this person was telling me, "Oh, no, at the Stars Metric Broken Social Scene show, everyone was there," you know?
Laura StanleyHOST
Oh, really?
Derek DownhamGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Mike BoonHOST
But then it was the closing band was Metric.
Derek DownhamGUEST
Yeah.
Mike BoonHOST
And of course, I've had a grievance with [laughs] Emily Haines from Metric because of some spin job she was doing for an American publication which really made it out that Metric was a New York band.
Mike BoonHOST
And I'm like, "Wait a minute.
Mike BoonHOST
Was she not best friends with Amy Millan at the Etobicoke School of the Arts?"
Mike BoonHOST
Like, I mean, that's a Toronto band.
Mike BoonHOST
Yes, they go to M- New York and things happen, and then they come back.
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