These Toronto-based Broken Social Scene associates amp up the melodies on their fourth album, tapping synthed-out industrial beats to vent their frustrations about the state of modern affairs. Frontwoman Emily Haines' vocals are double-tracked, dreamy and sweet, but don't let her candied tone fool you. Danceable though they may be, these songs are also fighting some pretty serious gloom (''I'm not suicidal, I just can't get out of bed,'' goes one line from ''Satellite Mind''), and as the thunderous final rave-up of ''Stadium Love'' points out, Metric are going down swinging. B+
Download This: Listen to songs from the new album on the band's MySpace
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