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Mainstream is an early demo EP

Extended play

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. The album is currently not available in stores, although it is circulated widely on the internet. It was revealed in the 2009 book This Book is Broken
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, that the band was called "Mainstream" at this time, not "Metric", and Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key had not yet joined.

Track listing

"Butcher" – 3:23
"The People" – 4:54
"The Battlecry" – 5:29
"The Mandate" – 3:34
"The Lifestyle" – 4:00

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