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PRE-ORDER OLD DEAD YOUNG: B-SIDES & RARITIES Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities is everything that happened in between. And with follow up releases like the blissfully chaotic Broken Social Scene (2005), the rapturous Forgiveness Rock Record (2010), and the intricate, insidiously melodic Hug of Thunder (2017), Broken Social Scene have amassed a thrillingly amorphous, unpredictable body of work. LISTEN TO “THIS HOUSE IS ON FIRE”īut by pursuing improvisational freedom over commercial considerations, Broken Social Scene set a new gold standard for indie rock in the 21st century with 2002’s You Forgot It In People, an album that pushed the genre far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots toward a more sonically expansive, emotionally expressive vision. Where the band’s 2001 debut album, Feel Good Lost, presented BSS as an anonymous ambient project that reflected its humble, homespun origins, their electrifying live performances from that era rallied an extended family of performers with roots in post-rock (Justin Peroff Do Make Say Think’s Charles Spearin), Latin jazz (Andrew Whiteman), art-folk (Feist), synth-pop (Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, also of Stars), dance-punk (Metric’s Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw), and country rock (Jason Collett). That said the, this single is bound to get these plucky boys and girls the exposure they do deserve, and maybe even a few more friends.Once a two-person basement recording project, Broken Social Scene came to life onstage as a shadowy improvisational entity with a revolving-door roster, each concert a wholly unique experience dependent on the room, the weather, what they ate for dinner that night, and who was dropping in to play.
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However, despite the intrigue and rare glimpses of beauty locked deep withing "7/4", the tune seems to plod along for perhaps a touch too long (assumingly so that every member has their chance to contribute!), and this reduces the quality of the end product somewhat. Starting with a jangling acoustic riff, the track rarely looks too far back over it's shoulder, with the addition of a relatively familiar Magic Numbers bass line some bright vocals from various vocalists.
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Of course, there is no shame in this tag- it's far more respectable than being listed as a French Travis, or a German anything, but new release “7/4 (shoreline)” must offer enough to all for more independence. Singles Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline) James McDonald Rating: 3/5ĭue to the vast numbers in Broken Social Scene's ranks, they have been dubbed by many as a Canadian Polyphonic Spree.