''Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?'' is the first studio album by Canadian

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band

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. The album was released on September 2, 2003, on

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(now known as

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) and

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in Canada and went gold in Canada. It was produced by Michael Andrews, recorded at Elgonix Labs,

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, and mixed at Sonora Recordings. The songs "Combat Baby" and "Dead Disco" were released as singles. Music videos were produced for the following songs: "Calculation Theme", "IOU", "Combat Baby", "Succexy", "The List", "Dead Disco".

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals, synthesizers * James Shaw – guitar, vocals * Joshua Winstead – bass guitar *Joules Scott-Key – drums

Production

* Michael Andrews – producer *Edson Miller – engineer, mixing *Joe Gastwirt – mastering *Josh Hassin – album cover design

References

2003 debut albums Metric (band) albums Everloving Records albums Last Gang Records albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub