The opening track of Metronomy's debut album "Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)" was written by frontman Joe Mount to impress a girl. He explained to NME: "I think in my head I was writing something like 'Blitzkrieg Bop' - the girl I was trying to impress was into The Ramones, you see. It caught the ears of (London-based DJ) Erol Alkan and he invited us up to London to play at Trash because of it." Alkan later did a remix of Metronomy's single, "The Bay." The album title came from a car wrecker who lived in Joe Mount's hometown … read more
The opening track of Metronomy's debut album "Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)" was written by frontman Joe Mount to impress a girl. … read more
The opening track of Metronomy's debut album "Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)" was written by frontman Joe Mount to impress a girl. He explained to NME: "I think in… read more
Metronomy is an electropop group which formed in 1999 in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom, originally as the solo project of Joseph Mount. The project later expanded into a full band, which currently consists of Joseph Mount (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Oscar Cash (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), Gbenga Adelekan (bass, vocals) and Anna Prior (drums, vocals). The band has released five albums: "Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)" (2006), "Nights Out" (2008), "The English Riviera" (2011), "Love Letters" (2014) and "Summer 08" (2016). Metron… read more
Metronomy is an electropop group which formed in 1999 in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom, originally as the solo project of Joseph Mount. The project later expanded into a full band, which cu… read more
Metronomy is an electropop group which formed in 1999 in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom, originally as the solo project of Joseph Mount. The project later expanded into a full band, which currently consists of Joseph Mount (vocals, keyb… read more