Customer Reviews

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I picked this disc up on a whim from friend's recommendation and was pleasantly surprised. It has a very garage/basement band feel; the drums sound like they could have been played by Moe Tucker herself. They sound very Velvet Underground or Jesus and Mary Chain. Not too shabby.

this album should have been an ep, for there are certain [few] songs that are tolerable. for the most part this album is a lame attempt at pretenious hipster sound rock that fails to make any of the former comparisons valid [aka spacemen3 or sonic youth]. i suggest that jon masters get a second job to pay for some singing lessons, and beg and pled aiden to stay with the band forever, because he truly is the talent hidden by the shadow of the so called lead singer. if it was up to me this would be aiden's album and his acoustic preformance would have been allowed to announce itself more prominently.

I just wanted to express my approval for this record. The two musicians the make up the band compliment each other very well, and the stumbly yet free-flowing structure of the sonic songs they produce is interesting to say the least. Definitely worth a try.

This debut CD from Metropolitan is tops! They take from the best parts of SY, the Pavements and the Spacemen and mix it up to form a sound all their own. Highly recommended.

Some people won't be able to grasp the variation the Metropolitan throws at them. Sure, you think you've been there before, but you haven't. Sure, you think you've seen it all, but you haven't. Sign on the Metropolitan line.