Metric on Taking a Year Off, Songwriting & U2 Backlash — billboard.com

Most of Metric's 2014, a year off save for seven shows, has been spent in Ibiza. Don't worry, Metric is not busting out some club bangers. Instead, the Toronto band has been getting in touch with nature. Metric, Tegan & Sara Make Polaris Music Prize Shortlist "I've been spending time in Spain, doing some writing there, and just trying to be a human being," frontwoman Emily Haines told Billboard. "I went to a beautiful nature side of Ibiza, so the non-clubbing part that is what drew people there long ago to begin with. A really beautiful spiritual place to ignore all of that stuff. I have family there, so I've spent some time there."

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