The disc includes danceable oddities ("Midnights and Mornings"), jolting instrumental fragments ("Gossamer Wasp Saves Himself"), gorgeous, heartfelt balladry ("Greens and Greys") and plenty of electro-inventiveness. This eccentric combination works because of Jme's expanding command of production techniques, heard to exhilarating effect on the Eno-esque "Building Blocks," and the emotional nakedness Behrenhausen brings to the likes of "The Holy Together," which features the line "Let's make a child to sing songs when we're dead."
Like the bizarro cityscape on its cover, The Metapolitan confounds expectations at every turn -- and this quality makes return visits that much more fascinating.
