“Stay Happy,” with lyrics and lead vocals by Ms. But “Hug of Thunder” holds a growing disquiet.īroken Social Scene’s music rejoices in what clever teamwork can construct. On the surface, in these bands, the music’s crescendos usually signal euphoria. Something particularly Canadian - hearty, thoughtful, knotty, communal - unites bands like Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire and the New Pornographers.
Its 2001 debut album, “Feel Good Lost,” was largely instrumental, and its songs since then have flaunted long introductions and interludes where hooks and intricate countermelodies pile up. Sound has always subsumed lyrics in Broken Social Scene. Keeping its options open, the group gathers its loosely knit crew of clamorous, flexible musicians behind songs that are ready for a big soundstage: an exultant surge of instruments, voices and wide-open reverberation that Broken Social Scene delights in applying. The collaborators on “Hug of Thunder,” the band’s first album since 2010, have grown up together and, by now, have also built their own careers, yet they still work on Broken Social Scene. It’s grand in sound and personnel, with 15 participants on its new album, “Hug of Thunder” it’s modest in constructing its music collectively, even though it’s packed with individualistic songwriters. And if you’ve ever fallen in love with Broken Social Scene – as many of us have – it is a perfect return that was truly worth the wait.Somewhere between a band and a concept, the Canadian group Broken Social Scene has persisted both grandly and modestly since 1999. Hug Of Thunder is righteous but warm, angry but loving, melodic but uncompromising. The record’s twelve songs refract the band’s varying emotions, methods, and techniques in ways that not only reference their other albums, but surpass them. Since their inception in the early Aughts, BSS have always pushed sonic boundaries while remaining reverent of a perfect chorus almost twenty years down the line, Hug Of Thunder sharpens that balance. It is a panoramic, expansive album that manages to be both epic and intimate and like all things BSS, in troubled times, it offers a serotonin rush of positivity. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli and mixed by Shawn Everett, Hug Of Thunder is everything BSS fans love from the Canadian collective and then some, an album overflowing with glorious open chords, multi-voice harmonies, spacious psychedelia-tinted breakdowns, and more.
With over 100 songs in their critically acclaimed catalogue, the Broken Playlist App creates dynamic, one-of-a-kind playlists of Broken Social Scene songs for whatever mood you want – from makeout music to beach days to road trip anthems and more. “ Skyline” is available for purchase and streaming HERE.īroken Social Scene have also unveiled the Broken Playlist App for Spotify.
The band plays Primavera Sound, Barcelona tomorrow/Thursday night, and headlines Field Trip Festival, Toronto on Saturday night – the festival which the band curates in partnership with Live Nation and Arts & Crafts. Today the band has unveiled lead single from the album “Skyline” The album will be released via Arts & Crafts & City Slang. BSS also introduces the new Broken Playlist App For Spotifyīroken Social Scene’s long-awaited upcoming album is coming July 7 th, titled, Hug Of Thunder.
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