Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw of the band Metric play an acoustic version of their song "Combat Baby" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California on October 7, 2022. Combat Baby appeared on the band's debut studio album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003). Metric is a Juno Award winning Canadian indie rock band consisting of Emily Haines (lead vocals / keyboards), James Shaw (guitar), Josh Winstead (bass), and Joules Scott-Key (drums). They appeared at The Fillmore for the first of two sold-out nights on their Doomscroller North American Tour.

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Combat Baby lyrics:

We used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone, it's all caffeine free
Faux punk fatigues
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done, no
None of them want to fight me

Combat baby
Come back, baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
You said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back

Get back in town
I wanna paint it black
I wanna get around
Easy living crowd, so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong
But no one here wants to fight me like you do

Combat baby
Come back, baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back

I try to be so nice
Compromise
Who gets it good?
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Beats me

(Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do)
(Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do)

Combat baby
Come back, baby
Combat baby, come back
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, baby
Combat baby, come back

How I miss your ranting
Do you miss my all time lows?

Written by Emily Haines / James Shaw

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Doomscroller North American Tour live dates (2022):

August 11-12 — Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre
August 13 — Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
August 15-16 — Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
August 17 — Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Convention Centre
August 19 — Regina, SK @ Conexus Arts Centre
August 20 — Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place
August 21 — Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
August 25 — London, ON @ London Music Hall
August 26 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
August 27 — Ottawa, Canada @ National Arts Centre
August 29 — Montreal, QC @ Mtelus
August 30 — Quebec City, QC @ Théâtre Capitole
Sept. 1-2 — Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Sept. 24 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
Sept. 25 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Sept. 26 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Sept. 28 — Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
Sept. 29 — Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Sept. 30 — Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Oct. 2 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Oct. 3 — San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Oct. 5 — Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Oct. 6 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Oct. 7-8 — San Francisco, CA @The Fillmore
Oct. 10 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
Oct. 11 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Oct. 12 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
Oct. 14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
Oct. 15 — Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
Oct. 17 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
Oct. 18 — Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Oct. 19 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Oct. 21 — Richmond, VA @ The National
Oct. 22 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
Oct. 23 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Oct. 25 — Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Oct. 26-27 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

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Metric official bio:

The vinyl artwork for Metric's new album, Formentera, includes a motto that sums up the past few years: This Is What Happened. It’s an understatement that manages to say everything.

Even real places become imaginary when they are so far out of reach. Named for an idyllic island near Ibiza off the coast of Spain, Formentera is a place that, for Metric, only existed on a page in a “dream destinations” travel book that lay open on a desk in the new recording studio that guitarist Jimmy Shaw built in 2020, in a rural hamlet north of Toronto. This is the setting where the band’s eighth album took shape.

Metric’s sound is both genre-defying and genre-defining. Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott Key started playing together in NYC in 2001. They are just getting started.

"One of the high points of 2022 for us has been working on putting everything together for The Doomscroller Tour," says Emily Haines. "We're crafting a set list based on fan favorites including deep cuts from Live It Out & Old World and it's been wild to see how the new songs from Formentera flow with the classics from Fantasies & Synthetica. I'm really happy with the venues we chose, they suit the lighting and sonics and the whole mood of the show we're crafting. I want Metric fans to have the best concert experience possible and feel like they got to escape into another reality with us for the evening. Can't wait to get this show on the road!"

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