Is it a cult? Nah-some of them have the beards, but they could never agree on the right robes. Bands tend to have defined memberships and aesthetics and goals Broken Social Scene have never been bothered with such limitations. It's hard to know what to make of an ongoing experiment like Broken Social Scene. Quite the opposite: Since debuting in 2001, Broken Social Scene have personified the unyielding, incomparable power of IRL human connection. But this social network didn't require you to stay glued to your smartphone to take part in it. And yes, occasionally, it became a forum for arguments and oversharing. It became a place where they could live out their best lives or fret about the fragile state of the world. Like other such networks you're familiar with, it quickly expanded to include friends, and friends of friends. The band has announced summer tour dates on their website, starting with gigs at the end of May in the UK and a return to their native Canada in August for Montreal's Osheaga festival.Tickets cost $35 in advance, $40 day of show (including all service charges).Īt the dawn of the 21st century, just as the internet began infecting every aspect of our daily lives, Toronto musicians Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning began building a social network of their own. The album also features Metric members Emily Haines and James Shaw, Stars members Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, and more. It was way less splitting hairs than when I work by myself, because when else do I get to be caught in that type of momentum with all these people I've known my whole life?" When we were done, Kevin - who had been sleeping on the couch - woke up and was fist pumping, yelling 'Record that!' That was the birth of the song.
We all caught that momentum and played for 15 minutes. Next thing you know, Charles is improvising, too. Long-time contributing musician Leslie Feist (who just released her album "Pleasure") described the process of making the titular track to Stereogum: "we were all in the same room and Brendan Canning just started to play a bass line just to shake us up. The band made their return this past March with "Halfway Home," performed on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
Their story is filled with scurrilous encounters, backstabbings, and break-ups on par with most 70s arena-rockers, and they've crashed and rebuilt so many times that it's nearly impossible to keep track of who was where at any given moment." But, that adaptability is ultimately the band's asset: "Their ambition is intact."
Pitchfork described their previous album, "Forgiveness Rock Record," released seven years ago, thusly: "Broken Social Scene know all about heartbreak - they've spent most of the last decade crafting songs about it with almost unparalleled zeal. "When you have a big group of people, it's hard to find a ground to stand on." "It was a little scattered," Kevin Drew told Billboard in 2010 of the recording operative. The 2005 follow-up frayed into solo endeavors and outside pursuits by the assorted members. Started by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, their 2002 breakout album "You Forgot It In People" was the joyful banding together of friends. The Canadian indie rock musical collective has included a sliding scale of six to 19 members since it formed in the early 2000s. "Hug of Thunder"- the long-awaited follow-up to Broken Social Scene's first effort since 2010 - will be out this summer.
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