BC on November 9, 2012 and ended November 24, 2012 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. On November 20, 2012, Metric released a deluxe version of Synthetica, which featured acoustic versions of songs on the album, as well as a cover of "Strange Weather" by Tom Waits. In April, 2013 they performed at Coachella Festival. The band won three awards at 2013 Juno Awards: "Alternative Album of the Year" for Synthetica and "Producer of the Year" for James Shaw. The art director/designer/photographer Justin Broadbent also won an award for "Recording Package of the Year" for Synthetica. In June 2013, Synthetica was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. On July 1, 2013, Metric performed at Parliament Hill on Canada Day for then Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The band spent 2014 writing for their upcoming sixth studio album. They also played at several festivals around North America including a return to Pemberton Music Festival (the band played the original 2008 festival), and Riot Fest and Made In America LA. Pagans in Vegas (2015–2017) In December 2014, it was announced Metric would be appearing in early 2015 on a new series called Sessions X alongside artists like The Trews, Dear Rouge, and Buck 65. In a preview, Haines and Shaw revealed they'd be playing two new tracks entitled "I Forget Why" and "All In A Day". They also will perform new acoustic versions of "The Police and the Private" and "Dreams So Real". An unfinished track entitled "The Fatal Gift, released at this time, later ended up being reworked as an Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton track, and was released as the lead single for her 2017 record Choir of the Mind. On May 11, 2015, Metric released "The Shade", the first single off their upcoming album. The single marked a noted departure for the new record from Metric's more guitar oriented synth rock, and leaned more heavily on synthesizers, with electronic and pop stylings. In June, 2015, Metric released a track from their upcoming album, Pagans in Vegas, entitled "Cascades". They created an app called "The Pagan Portal" to debut their song "Too Bad, So Sad". Pagans in Vegas was released in September, and appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December that year. After recording an untitled companion album to Pagans in Vegas, some of it in Nashville, the concept was eventually scrapped. Metric toured with