Metronomy

From its hallmark opening bassline, to the synth-heavy powerchords of the whistle-along chorus, there’s no straying from the fact that Metronomy’s future single ‘Heartbreaker’ is catchy as hell. It’s an electronic ode to male heartbreak that’ll both cut you to the quick and have you dancing all the way to the therapist’s chair. ‘My lyrics are pretty basic’ explains Metronomy’s founder member Joe Mount, ‘but the gist of Heartbreaker is having a friend who’s in some awful relationship, and keeps hassling you and talking to you about it. So it ends up ruining your friendship. So, do us both a favour: ditch her. It’s not so much that friends have done this to me, but I’ve definitely done it to friends of mine. It’s a love song between two men, but it’s kind of hidden that that’s what it is.’ Sonically, ‘Heartbreaker’ is perhaps Metronomy’s most precise, radio-friendly, and sure-fire ‘hit’ single to date. It best represents the straight-forward genius of a band who’ve been sitting on sizeable chunk of pioneering electronic ideas since Mount first began recording under the band’s moniker in 2005. They’ve maintained a wholly modest approach to stardom whilst amassing an army of strangely obsessive fans. With the release of ‘Heartbreaker’, and the forthcoming longplayer it’s taken from, Metronomy’s graduation from a music aficionado’s act of choice, to a band of hefty, chart-bothering potential, is certainly proven:- “Heartbreaker…I’ll break ya.”