Watch: METZ “The Swimmer”

METZ return this week with their second LP on Sub Pop, appropriately titled II. Brutal and uncompromising, with it’s “warts” left “for all to see”, the new record promises to be a real ear bleeder! Today, the production team Leblanc and Cudmore, which features producer/cinematographer Michael Leblanc and writer/director Scott Cudmore, delivered this killer video for the track “The Swimmer“. High anxiety prevails, here, as we follow our curious protagonist through a really rough day. Using a series of animated GIFs and highly charged tableaux, this story goes from bad to worse–like getting stuck in the proverbial Chinese finger trap. While colorful casting and location makes this effort shine, Leblanc and Cudmore’s use of GIF-like snippets, stuck on “pause” to heighten the drama, provide an excellent visual equivalent to this track’s slow motion sonic throttling.
METZ kick off an extensive US and European tour this week. Here are the dates…
05/08 – Austin, TX @ Levitation 2015
05/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
05/11 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre *
05/12 – Orlando, FL @ The Social *
05/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Work Play *
05/14 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
05/19 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird *
05/20 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
05/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
05/23 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
05/26 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
05/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
05/28 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
05/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
05/30 – Boston, MA @ Paradise *
06/05 – Athens, GR @ Plissken Fest
06/06 – Thessaloniki, GR @ Plissken Fest
06/07 – Skopje, MK @ Zdravo Mladi Festival
06/16 – London, UK @ Underworld #
06/17 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Rotonde #
06/19 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/20 – Scheesel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/21 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/22 – Leipzig, DE @ Taubchenthal
06/24 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
06/25 – Cologne, DE @ MTC
06/27 – Evreux, FR @ Le Rock Dans Tous ses Etats
07/10 – Montreal, QC @ Piccolo Rialto
07/12 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial De Quebec
07/14 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Blues Fest
07/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theatre ^
07/22 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement ^
07/23 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place ^
07/24 – 26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club !%
07/29 – Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret !%
07/30 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina !%
07/31 – Calgary, AB @ The Republik !%
08/01 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room !%
08/03 – Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw Theatre !%
08/04 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos !%
08/05 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge !%
08/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series @ Pioneer Park $
08/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/11 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge !%
09/04 – Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/06 – Dublin, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/08 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
09/09 – Zagreb, HR @ Culture Factory (Small Room)
09/10 – Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club
09/11 – Rome, IT @ INIT
09/12 – Milan, IT @ Lo Fi Club
09/14 – Zurich, CH @ Kinski Club
09/15 – Lausanne, CH @ Le Romandie
09/17 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Metronum
09/19 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Lemon
09/21 – Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
09/23 – Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
09/25 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Zakk
10/16 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
10/17 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
10/18 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
10/19 – Aarhus, DK @ Atlas
10/20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen @ Christiana
10/27 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
10/28 – Lille, FR @ L’ Aeronef

* = w/ FIDLAR
^ = w/ Viet Cong
# = w/ Bad Breeding|
! = w/ Big Ups
% = w/ Dilly Dally
$ = w/ The Kills