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It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to hammer out the material for the band’s fourth full-length, 2009’s Fantasies. After finding success with indie-rock super-band Broken Social Scene as well as her own solo efforts, like 2006’s well-received Knives Don’t Have Your Back, Toronto-based Haines holed up in the Argentine city to find inspiration. The resulting album—the band’s first original since 2005—honed in on Haines’ ability to turn out new-wave-inspired indie-pop stuffed with hooks that live on repeat in your head. It's been followed by the EP Plug In Plug Out, which features acoustic versions of five songs off the album, as well as the leadoff track on the soundtrack for the new Twilight movie, "Eclipse (All Yours)."

Updated 07/27/2010