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The Metric Mile

About Me

The Metric Mile make pop music out of guitars, keyboards, drum machines and anxiety.

Trade Fours, a new four song digital-only EP, will be available November 3, 2009 on Kingsland Territories.
"In Praise of Ski Jumpers," the first release from their own Kingsland Territories label, is available now on 7" vinyl, and includes a code for mp3 versions of both tracks.

"In Praise of Ski Jumpers" is also available electronically through iTunes, eMusic, AmazonMP3, Napster, Rhapsody and Lala.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/04/2005
Band Website: http://www.metricmile.com
Band Members: Patrick Smith: keyboards, programming
Jeff Ciprioni: guitars, vocals
with:
others...
Influences: The Field Mice, The Wake, The Cat's Miaow, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Magnetic Fields, Rocketship, Felt, The Wild Swans, The Smiths, New Order, Joy Division, Low, Bedhead, Galaxie 500, Altered Images, Slowdive, Ride, My Bloody Valentine
Sounds Like: What keyboards, guitars, soft vocals and drum machines sound like.
Record Label: Our own label, Kingsland Territories.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Trade Fours is available now!

Our new EP is available now from eMusic and Amazon MP3.  Links are below.  It's not up on iTunes yet, but it will be soon.  Apple can be such a diva sometimes!AmazoneMusic
Posted by on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:05:00 GMT

KT-02 Trade Fours EP

New EP. Four songs. Digital-only, all the relevant digital stores. November 3, 2009. Kingsland Territories.
Posted by on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:50:00 GMT

Musicians wanted!

We're thinking about playing live again, but we need help. If you playbass, guitar or minimalist drums and you're comfortable taking orders,send us an email at [email protected].
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:46:00 GMT

Gathering momentum

The "In Praise of Ski Jumpers" single is out now on Kingsland Territories, and available for download from all the usual places.  The reception has been good so far, and a few blogs have even written ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:36:00 GMT

The Metric Mile is rebooting...

We have been on hiatus for a while.  We're working on not being on hiatus anymore.  There are so many things we would like to do, but doing things is hard sometimes.  Hope you'll bear with us just a l...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:29:00 GMT

In Praise of Jet Packs

The single is back from the pressing plant, and I'm in California playing with My Teenage Stride. As soon as I get back and the three of us can have a little sleeve stuffing party, we're going to hav...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:17:00 GMT

Jeff Touring with My Teenage Stride

We're working on some plans for a few out of town dates for the Metric Mile in the fall, after the release of the single and hopefully the completion of some more recordings. But in the meantime, I'l...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:06:00 GMT

Broken Plates

The release of the "In Praise of Ski Jumpers" 7" has been delayed slightly due to an unfortunate accident at the pressing plant. It seems that the metal master plates broke after pressing only 5 copie...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:03:00 GMT

Befriend Kingsland Territories

Kingsland Territories, our new recording concern and record label, now has a MySpace page. It's young, and still has some growing up to do, but you can expect tracks, photos, and wonderful things to ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 06:37:00 GMT

Kingsland Territories

The Metric Mile is proud to announce the formation of a new recording concern, Kingsland Territories. The first release will be a 7" single featuring "In Praise of Ski Jumpers," with "Codebreaking" o...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:55:00 GMT