Ugly yet beautiful ‘Atlas Vending’ just illustrates how METZ are the masters of their craft.
True to form, the Toronto band maintain a formidable degree of power and velocity throughout their fourth album.
Atlas Landing, the noisy Canadians’ fourth album, delivers more of the same, in the best way possible. It’s loud, angry and ready for a few beers.
Atlas Vending finds them pushing things forward, broadening their horizons to tremendous effect.
‘Atlas Vending’ is the sound of a band fully confident in itself and delivering their biggest and best work yet.
METZ are an animal that's evolved to its benefit, with an appetite that's more refined and teeth that are still razor sharp.
A record that feels both raw and refined, this will shake you to the core.
The expansiveness of the sonic palette on Atlas Vending just gives the band more room to paint outside the lines.
A beautifully crafted record that touches on all kinds of relevant themes and leads to some peaks that the band have never reached before.
Produced and recorded with a skill that's all the more effective for its unwillingness to intrude on the band, Atlas Vending is a dazzling display of form and content that shows listeners how math rock can be effectively weaponized.
Atlas Vending ... is no carbon copy of any of Metz’s previous releases, and it’s in the moments where they legitimately push their sound forward where it’s at its strongest.
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