Metric’s Emily Haines: ‘There’s been a surge in the awareness of sexism, but any working woman will tell you this is not new’

nme.com:

Metric singer Emily Haines has spoken of how their new album ‘Art Of Doubt‘ “100% reflects the political mess” the world is in, and focusses us people’s “flaws and owning the humanity of your existence”.Released last week, ‘Art Of Doubt’ is the Canadian indie veterans’ seventh studio album – the first since 2015’s ‘Pagans In Vegas’, with the band returning to a more guitar-driven sound.

While Metric have never been ones to shy away from having politics enter their music, they say that this record is more political than predecessors, but is a ‘true reflection of our time’.“I think it’s incredible that there’s been this surge of awareness around sexism, sexual assault and abuse, but for anyone who’s been alive and working as a woman ever, this is not a new thing,” Haines told NME. “One line that has stuck with me from the new record is ‘I change by staying the same’.

Blur said it well too with ‘Fall into fashion, fall out again’. What are your values as a person? You either have them or you don’t.”Haines continued: “If you stay with them then all of these things are going to move around you but there’s a through-line of your life.

The phrase ‘change the world’ creeps me out a little in 2018.“I’m not doing that, all I’m doing is try to contribute something and have an actual identity with pure dedication and a fair amount of sacrifice.