Metric’s second album, Live it Out, is an acquired taste. Upon initial listening, the album seems homogenous and jumbled into one 40-minute indie/punk song with singer Emily Haines’ aggressive voice in the background. The only distinguishable aspects at first are the guitarless synthesizer sounds of “The Police and the Private” and “Ending Start,” which begins with a mysterious melody that crescendos into a dreamy ballad. While the tunes are not as catchy as the songs from their previous album, the tradition of troubling and thought-provoking lyrics prevails. “Patriarch on a Vespa” is an odd song title, but has a strong message challenging women’s traditional roles. It ends with the chilling lyric, “Patriarch on a Vespa runs a red and ends up crushed under the wheel.” “Monster Hospital,” in addition to its Sin City-esque music video, sounds like a punk-rock anthem with Haines repeating defeatedly, “I fought the war but the war won.” After several listens, one starts to get the gist of what Metric are all about. Thankfully, a fun last song, the peppy “Live it Out,” nearly saves the rest of the album.