Metric Announce Highly Anticipated New Album Romanticize The Dive Out April 24, Share Explosive Single “Victim Of Luck”
Metric have announced their tenth studio album, Romanticize The Dive, arriving April 24 via Thirty Tigers. Alongside the announcement, the band share the album’s lead single, “Victim Of Luck.”
Opening the record with striking vulnerability, “Victim Of Luck” serves as both reflection and reckoning. The track revisits the band’s earliest days, capturing the tension, hunger, and fearless ambition that defined their rise.
Through the clarity of hindsight, frontwoman Emily Haines traces the arc from “starving artist” to established icon, confronting self-doubt, identity, and the cost of evolution. “Let me take you back, it was the start of something…” she begins, setting the tone for an album that examines who we were, who we’ve become, and what survives in between. Fans can pre-order the album now.
Emily Haines On “Victim Of Luck”
“The song ‘Victim Of Luck’ and really the entire album is about the romance of a less than perfect life. It’s about dropping the mask of self-consciousness and vanity. It was a long journey for me to get out of my own way and I wanted this song to be a rallying cry for that, better late than never. You can be as much a victim of good luck as bad.
So when we started out yes we were broke and we were playing to ten people and there was nothing for us to fall back on but we refused to give up, and it’s not as though we’re all superstar billionaires now, but that was never what we were after. It turns out the grind is the thing you wouldn’t trade and the bonds you made can’t be faked. What we wanted is what we have and we’re not victims of anything. We dedicated our lives to each other and it’s the best feeling in the world”
The band have also unveiled a companion video built from previously unseen archival footage — van rides, late-night cigarettes, cramped club shows, and chaotic dressing rooms — layered with present-day reflections. The visual narrative includes a reunion with indie sleaze photographer Mark “The Cobrasnake,” who shot some of the earliest images of Metric in Los Angeles and returns to document this new chapter.
In addition to the album, Metric will hit the road this summer for the All The Feelings North American Tour alongside Broken Social Scene and Stars, celebrating decades of friendship and shared creative history among the Toronto trailblazers. Promoted by Live Nation, the tour launches June 8 in Austin at the Moody Theatre and concludes August 7 with a hometown finale at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre. Notable stops include The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (June 16), Brooklyn Paramount (July 30), and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (August 4), with additional Canadian and international dates to be announced.
Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, February 4 at 12 p.m. local time through artist and Citi presales. General on-sale begins Friday, February 6 at 10 a.m. local time via LiveNation.com. Citi cardmembers can access presale tickets through the Citi Entertainment program; full details are available at citientertainment.com.
For Romanticize The Dive, Metric returned to where it all began — New York City during the height of its early-2000s indie-rock surge. Recording at Electric Lady Studios, the band reunited with longtime collaborator Gavin Brown (Fantasies, Synthetica), alongside co-producers Jimmy Shaw and Liam O’Neil and mix engineer John O’Mahoney. The result channels the volatility and possibility of their formative years while reframing it within the cultural landscape of 2026.
Romanticize The Dive – Tracklisting:
Victim Of Luck
Wild Rut
Time Is A Bomb
Crush Forever
Tremolo
Moral Compass
As If You’re Here
Loyal
Antigravity
Clouds To Break
Leave You On A High
Tour Dates:
Jun 8 – Moody Amphitheater – Austin, TX
Jun 9 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX
Jun 11 – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
Jun 13 – Sandy Amphitheater – Sandy, UT
Jun 16 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Jun 17 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
Jun 19 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA
Jun 21 – The Masonic – San Francisco, CA
Jun 24 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater – Bend, OR
Jul 24 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
Jul 25 – Fox Theatre – Detroit, MI
Jul 27 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway – Boston, MA
Jul 28 – The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark – Philadelphia, PA
Jul 30 – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
Aug 1 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
Aug 3 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Aug 4 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
Aug 7 – RBC Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
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