With the end of summer on the horizon, British five-peiece Metronomy has dropped their new album Metronomy Forever, which is essentially a perfect sendoff for the season if it doesn't actually leave you feeling like summer could just last forever.
The playful, 17-track set is easily a highlight for the band, colored in bright, shiny pop while exploring themes of love, romance and sex.
In addition the album's release, the group has also shared a video for their song "Wedding Bells," directed by Daniel Brereton, who also directed most of the videos from the band's 2008 Nights Out album.
"I came up with an idea that didn't take itself too seriously as a retaliation to the bad news we get every day," says Brereton of the video. "I imagined a love triangle where the lead character likes his best friend's girl and he can't stop thinking about her—we've all been there. It was fun to make something that doesn't try to be something it's not, just simple, innocent fun. It takes place at a party, and getting to do a food fight and pillow fight was extremely liberating."
Hear the album and watch the video for "Wedding Bells" below.
Metronomy's live schedule:
9/28 — New York, NY — Rough Trade
10/9 — Bordeaux, France — Rocher de Palmer
10/10 — Nantes, France — Stereolux
10/11 — Lyon, France — Amphitheatre 3
10/12 — Toulouse, France — Le Bikini
10/15 — Paris, France — Olympia
10/18 — Nancy, France — Jazz Pulsations
10/19 — Antwerp, Belgium — De Roma
10/21 — Munich, Germany — Tonhalle
10/22 — Cologne, Germany — Carlswerk
10/23 — Hamburg, Germany — Docks
10/24 — Berlin, Germany — Columbiahalle
10/26 — Offenbach am Main, Germany — Capitol
10/28 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Melkweg
10/29 — Copenhagen, Denmark — Vega
10/31 — Stockholm, Sweden — Kraken
11/6 — Southampton, UK — Guildhall
11/7 — London, UK — The Roundhouse
11/8 — London, UK — The Roundhouse
11/9 — Manchester, UK — Academy
11/11 — Leeds, UK — O2 Academy
11/13 — Glasgow, UK — SWG3
11/14 — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy
11/15 — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
11/16 — Birmingham, UK — The O2 Institute