Emily Haines (4,542 views)

Emily Savitri Haines
Member Of: Metric (1998-present), Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton (2005-present)
Vocal Range: B♭2-B♭5

High Notes:

B♭5 ("Lightning Strikes")
A5 ("Eau de Toilette", "Too Bad, So Sad")
G5 ("Art of Doubt", "Ballrooms of Mars")
F♯5 ("Dressed to Suppress")
F5 ("Eau de Toilette", "Windsurfing Nation")
E5 ("Black Sheep", "Come Back Clean", "Dog", "Fortunes", "Lie Lie Lie", "No Lights on the Horizon", "The People", "Pink", "Satellite Mind", "Soft Rock Star", "Them (Pop Song No. 3333)", "The View")
E♭5 ("The Battlecry", "Carpet", "Collect Call", "Down", "Knock You Out", "Patriarch on a Vespa", "Stopwatch Hearts", "The Void", "Waves", "Wet Blanket")
D5 ("Anticipate", "Art of Doubt", "Breathing Underwater", "Dark Saturday", "Die Happy", "Doctor Blind", "Empty", "Fatal Gift", "Help I'm Alive", "Looks Just Like the Sun", "Lost Kitten", "Monster Hospital", "Nihilist Abyss", "The People", "Pink", "Seven Rules", "Sick Muse", "Soft Rock Star", "Stadium Love", "Underline the Black", "Waves", "Windsurfing Nation", "Winning")
C♯5 ("Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl", "The Bank", "Bore", "Butcher", "Collect Call", "Dog", "Eclipse (All Yours)", "Hardwire", "IOU", "Lost Kitten", "Protest Song", "Risk", "Rowboat", "Satellite Mind", "Sentimental X's", "Stopwatch Hearts")
C5 ("Anticipate", "Art of Doubt", "Artificial Nocturne", "Ballrooms of Mars", "Cascades", "Combat Baby", "Eau de Toilette", "Fatal Gift", "Gold Guns Girls", "Hardwire", "Holding Out", "Irish Exit", "Legend of the Wild Horse", "Live It Out", "Love You Back", "The Mandate", "Nihilist Abyss", "Nothing But Time", "Perfect on the Surface", "The Police and the Private", "The Shade", "Soft Rock Star", "Stadium Love", "Statuette", "Swimmers", "Synthetica", "Them (Pop Song No. 3333)", "The Twist", "The Void", "The Wanderlust", "Waves", "Wounded")
B4 ("Art of Doubt", "Baby Blues", "Ballrooms of Mars", "Black Sheep", "Breathing Underwater", "Blindness", "Carpe Diem", "Choir of the Mind", "Clone", "Come Back Clean", "Dog", "Down", "Eau de Toilette", "Ending Start", "For Kicks", "Fortunes", "Freak", "Glass Ceiling", "Glimmer", "Gold Guns Girls", "Grow Up and Blow Away", "Handshakes", "Hustle Rose", "IOU", "Lie Lie Lie", "The Lottery", "Pale Blue Eyes" live Minnesota 2013, "Pink", "Poster of a Girl", "Pretty Head", "Protest Song", "Reading in Bed", "Satellite Mind", "Speed the Collapse", "Sprig", "Strangle All Romance", "Synthetica", "Them (Pop Song No. 3333)", "Too Bad, So Sad", "Twilight Galaxy", "Underline the Black", "Vanity Pail Kids", "Youth Without Youth")
B♭4 ("Anticipate", "The Battlecry", "Black History Month", "Blind Valentine", "Celebrate", "Collect Call", "Dead Disco", "Doctor Blind", "Dressed to Suppress", "Irish Exit", "Knock You Out", "Lightning Strikes", "The Maid Needs a Maid", "Monster Hospital", "Mostly Waving", "On a Slow Night", "Our Hell", "Planets", "RIP", "Rowboat", "Sentimental X's", "Too Little Too Late", "The Twist", "Uptown Girl", "Wounded")
A4 ("Bandwitch", "The Bank", "Breathing Underwater", "Calculation Theme", "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff", "Detective Daughter", "Dog", "Empty", "Expecting to Fly", "Fatal Gift", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" live Calgary 2015, "Front Row", "Gimme Sympathy", "Gold Guns Girls", "Handshakes", "Hangover Days", "Holding Out", "IOU", "The Last Page", "The Lifestyle", "The List", "Love Is a Place", "Monster Hospital", "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" live 2009 CASBY Awards, "No Lights on the Horizon", "On the Sly", "Perfect on the Surface", "RIP", "Siamese Cities", "Siren", "Stadium Love", "Statuette", "Swimmers", "Synthetica", "The View", "The Wanderlust", "Wet Blanket", "White Gold", "Winning", "Youth Without Youth")
G♯4 ("Combat Baby", "Eclipse (All Yours)", "Eden", "For Kicks", "Nothing & Nowhere", "Now or Never Now", "Patriarch on a Vespa", "Poster of a Girl", "Reading in Bed", "Rowboat", "Sick Muse", "Strangle All Romance", "Uptown Girl")

Low Notes:

G3 ("Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl", "Anticipate", "Artificial Nocturne", "Ballrooms of Mars", "The Bank", "Black History Month", "Black Sheep", "Cascades", "Celebrate", "Clone", "Dark Saturday", "Die Happy", "Dog", "Eden", "Front Row", "Going, Going, Gone", "Help I'm Alive", "Holding Out", "Legend of the Wild Horse", "Live It Out", "The Mandate", "Minefield of Memory", "Monster Hospital", "On the Sly", "Pale Blue Eyes" live Minnesota 2013, "Perfect Day", "Raw Sugar", "Reading in Bed", "Seven Rules", "Soft Rock Star", "Speed the Collapse", "Swimmers", "Synthetica", "Telethon", "The View", "The Wanderlust", "Waves", "Youth Without Youth")
F♯3 ("Baby Blues", "Backyards", "The Battlecry", "Bottom of the World", "Breathing Underwater", "Collect Call", "Combat Baby", "Eclipse (All Yours)", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" live Calgary 2015, "Front Row", "Gimme Sympathy", "Grow Up and Blow Away", "Hangover Days", "Hustle Rose", "IOU", "The List", "Lost Kitten", "The Lottery", "Love Is a Place", "On Peak Hill", "On a Slow Night", "The People", "Poster of a Girl", "Risk", "Satellite Mind", "Siamese Cities", "Sick Muse", "Sprig", "Strangle All Romance", "Succexy", "Twilight Galaxy", "Underline the Black", "Winning")
F3 ("The Bank", "Blind Valentine", "Come Back Clean", "Detective Daughter", "Dog", "Eden", "The End Has No End", "Expecting to Fly", "Fatal Gift", "Going, Going, Gone", "Handshakes", "Lightning Strikes", "Love You Back", "The Maid Needs a Maid", "Minefield of Memory", "Mostly Waving", "Nihilist Abyss", "Our Hell", "Perfect on the Surface", "The Police and the Private", "Seven Rules", "The Shade", "Telethon", "Up in Flames" live Vancouver 2007, "Uptown Girl", "Wet Blanket", "Wounded", "You Were Always on My Mind" live Triple J 2012)
E3 ("Art of Doubt", "Blindness", "Breathing Underwater" Acoustic Version, "Calculation Theme", "Combat Baby", "Come Back Clean", "Common Lives", "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff", "Down", "Eau de Toilette", "Empty", "Freak", "The Gates", "Gimme Sympathy", "Glass Ceiling", "The Governess", "Grow Up and Blow Away", "Holding Out", "Hustle Rose", "Lie Lie Lie", "The List", "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" live 2009 CASBY Awards, "No Lights on the Horizon", "The People", "Perfect Day", "Pink", "Pretty Head", "Raw Sugar", "Siamese Cities", "Speed the Collapse", "Strange Weather", "Synthetica", "Telethon", "Too Little Too Late", "White Gold")
E♭3 ("The Battlecry", "Bore", "Carpe Diem", "Collect Call", "Dead Disco", "The End Has No End", "Ending Start", "For Kicks", "Glimmer", "Handshakes", "IOU", "It's a Sin", "The Last Page", "London Halflife", "Now or Never Now", "The Police and the Private", "Sentimental X's", "The Shade (Acoustic)", "The Void")
D3 ("Baby Blues", "Blindness", "Breathing Underwater" Acoustic Version, "Carpet", "Choir of the Mind", "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff", "Detective Daughter", "Doctor Blind", "Expecting to Fly", "Fortunes", "Freak", "IOU", "Irish Exit", "Live It Out", "The Mandate", "Our Hell", "RIP", "The Shade", "Siren", "Sprig", "Too Little Too Late", "The Twist", "The View", "Underline the Black", "The Void", "Wet Blanket", "Wounded", "You Were Always on My Mind" live Triple J 2012)
C♯3 ("The Battlecry", "Carpe Diem", "The Last Page", "Now or Never Now", "Sentimental X's")
C3 ("Carpet", "Cascades", "Detective Daughter", "Irish Exit", "The Maid Needs a Maid", "The Mandate", "Minefield of Memory", "Mostly Waving", "Nothing & Nowhere", "Rock Me Now", "Swimmers")
B2 ("Carpe Diem", "Eau de Toilette", "Ending Start", "Fortunes", "Lie Lie Lie")
B♭2 ("The Battlecry")


Metric's charismatic frontwoman Emily Haines is a defining voice of modern indie music. She's got a great low register that she puts to considerable use while her higher range is a lot brighter sounding than her lower tones would suggest. It's an interesting contrast that plays into the duality between indie rock and synthpop that Metric often play with, and that coupled with her expressive delivery is among her most defining vocal features. Interestingly, the early part of her career was more oriented around grungy mid to lower range singing that had a healthy dose of 90s attitude, whereas in the last decade she's developed her head voice ability to surprising heights and has played with a somewhat sweeter sounding tone. Whatever approach she's using, Haines is a consistently fun singer to listen to.
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*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Blue marks soft and/or disconnected sounding falsetto notes.
*Boldface indicates notes that are notable examples of this singer's capabilities.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.