Up & Coming Artists #2: The Metros

The Metros
Libertine Rivivalists or Indie Saviours?

The Metros are a five-piece snarling filth-riden punk spewing Libertine-eaque punksters from the ever so famous but not so nice Peckham in South-East London. Already my heart is calling out to me to hail my heritage and sink into "Oh South London...".
Having heard a lot from forums and other bloggers, and general discussion around university, I felt ashamed that I knew next to nothing about their 'pornstars-on-tour' live performances. The band is made up of one drummer, one bassist, two guitarists and one frontman - who from pictures I've seen over the past few hours - looks like he is always got a line in reserve.
I also enjoyed reading a rare treat from the Guardian's 'new band of the day guru', with his take on how the band "like The Subways, missed a trick when they didn't call themselves The Undergrounds or The Tube", how very fucking witty and zany; supposedly from years of Journalistic experience...
The result of one of London's hottest new bands is an array of sexual tension and educatative hypertension boils down into the quality of Foals-esque string picking, yet the seriousness of Jimmy Carr. However, maybe they just don't give a fuck, and why they're former name was The Wanking Skankers, hardly the most formal of address is it, you can imagine the Queen standing up at the Royal Variety Performance all in to give them a hand, I'm sure.
They describe their sound as Funk, Punk and Rockabilly, the latter can only mean to me they're this modern band version of Elvis with skinny jeans and drums, but what do I know.


Their debut single 'Education Part. II' says and does exactly what it says on the vinyl, Education, Education, Education. However, John Major obviously didn't have the same kind of vision for back-to-basics teaching as these lads did.
"Educations overrated" states frontman Sauly Adamczewski - I've no idea how to pronounce it - the track leads into a feast of filthy indie goodness that culminates in the utter destruction of everything in the studio
They're clearly quite a way away from the mainstream at the moment but with a tidy sum of festival slots over the summer including Glastonbury, Zoo Thousand, T in the Park, Oxegen, the Japanese Summersonic Festival and Reading & Leeds; they'll surely whip up a storm of indie crazed teensters.
I can see them releasing an album some time during the beginning of next year, and as long as they keep up their current style then i'm sure it'll sell well.

If there's any criticisms I've got of them, is the durability of their sound, they could easily do very well this summer, release the album, and then just burn up like some of the past year's one record wonders. Only time will tell.