Formentera
by Metric
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
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  1. Malts18
    Jul 8, 2022
    10
    Eight albums in and Metric are still making amazing, inventive, and highly creative music. This is the most synth-driven album since Synthetica and Emily Haines's vocals have never been better. What takes this album up a notch is its depth. All 9 songs are really good bordering on sublime. It opens with the 10 minute Doomscroller. As a lifelong Metric fan, I knew full well that thisEight albums in and Metric are still making amazing, inventive, and highly creative music. This is the most synth-driven album since Synthetica and Emily Haines's vocals have never been better. What takes this album up a notch is its depth. All 9 songs are really good bordering on sublime. It opens with the 10 minute Doomscroller. As a lifelong Metric fan, I knew full well that this would not be just any Metric album. The guns were out early and carried all the way throughout. It has been 3-1/2 years since Art of Doubt. The wait was worth it.… Expand
  2. BPMCrash
    Jul 14, 2022
    8
    Metric isn't new. But they're not old
    Formentera isn't a breakthrough album- Metric already had that.
    Life is short. This album stretches time.
    The first track Doomscroller is a crazy choice-- I respect that and continue to follow Metric. The other tracks are pretty good. I expect this album sounds perfect beneath summer stars in Canada.
  3. DSGX
    Jul 8, 2022
    8
    Beautiful work. Particularly among fans of Pagans in Vegas and Synthetica. Thank you so much, Metric!
  4. Luke2
    Jul 8, 2022
    9
    An incredible album. I'm in love with the sound, and a mixture of rock and indie is chef's kiss. I love you, Metric.

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Under The Radar
    Jul 18, 2022
    85
    On their eighth album, Formentera, they sound as vital as ever, with the creative nucleus of Emily Haines and James Shaw once more pushing the possibilities of what Metric are.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Jul 12, 2022
    70
    It doesn’t all quite land. ... But with the glow of “Doomscroller” acting as a foil, even those lesser songs still manage to productively contribute to that contradictory posture of solidarity-oriented striving that suffuses Formentera.
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  3. AllMusic
    Jul 12, 2022
    90
    The whole album is pulsing with both those elements [energy and emotion] and comes across like the group's most important album, only without the kind of pretension that kind of thing often entails. It's more that Formentera captures the warring emotions, steady fears, and crushing uncertainty of the era it was made in and delivers it all wrapped up in triumphant and true songs that one will want to spin again and again.
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