Coming into the concert Saturday evening at The Orpheum, I was thrilled that the day had finally arrived. Having been a Metric fan for quite sometime, I was even more excited to finally be seeing them live. As Joywave finished their opening set, the crowd—a varied mix of middle aged adults and indie college kids–waited eagerly for the main act to ascend from backstage.

The show started off with a bang. Giving a powerful performance of ‘Help I'm Alive'—arguably the band's biggest hit—as the second song of their set was a surprise. The band did not lose any momentum throughout the show, and the set varied from rock out jams, to toned down acoustic renditions. The light show was fantastic, and at one-point lead singer Emily Haines emerged with a neon cape paired with black light and a wind machine for ‘Cascades,' a, retro, electronic masterpiece from their newest album.   The most heartfelt part of the evening was when Haines expressed her love for Madison, and continued to bring out the VIP guests for a sing along, bare bones rendition of ‘Dreams So Real.' ‘Gimme Sympathy' (a rock standard for the band) in acoustic sounded beautiful, and the crowd went wild for the fast paced ‘Gold Gun Girls.' Towards the end of the show, Haines thanked us for joining them in their journey through music, along with a metaphor of how music and time are related or something of the like. I was too distracted by how much energy the band had throughout the whole evening and it truly showed in each song they performed.

As I took to twitter Saturday evening, I smiled when I read the band's twitter bio. The bio reads: ‘We're in the prime of your youth,' and it sums up the bands multi generational appeal perfectly. Young and old, Metric's fan base shows how timeless of a band they have become, appealing to both weathered and emerging alternative music fans alike. Metric's journey has been a long and successful one, and their performance Saturday proved that they're just getting started.