9/12/2023 0 Comments Broken social scene new album“I don’t really know what ‘accessible’ means or what the hit single’s going to be, but we just wanted to write songs that jammed and embraced the people we’re playing for.”Īfter releasing album opener “World Sick” in February, the band began a preorder campaign that lets fans order “Forgiveness” as a CD, digital download, double-LP or vinyl boxed set. “We’ve never really had choruses before, so it was a challenge for us,” he says. With tracks like “Chase Scene” and “Forced to Love” bursting with memorable hooks, “Forgiveness” is the first Broken Social Scene album that Drew says was written for the people at the band’s shows. Under the guidance of new producer John McEntire, who plays in post-rock groups Tortoise and the Sea & Cake, the band worked with nearly 20 guest contributors including Feist, Jason Collett, Sebastian Grainger and Pavement’s Scott Kannberg. “With all the touring and solo material, it also helped to leave people with a thirst for new music.”ĭrew, Canning, Goldberg, drummer Justin Peroff, guitarist Charles Spearin, singer/guitarist Andrew Whiteman and new singer Lisa Lobsinger recorded “Forgiveness” during sessions in Chicago and Toronto beginning last May. “The solo record was therapeutic for, and when it came to the tour, it didn’t make sense to put a whole new band together,” band manager/Arts & Crafts president Jeffrey Remedios says. With the addition of guitarist Sam Goldberg, the band rounded into a core six-piece lineup and regained its composure. Drew decided to bring Broken Social Scene along for a tour in support of his album in 2008. “When you have a big group of people, it’s hard to find a ground to stand on.”ĭrew released an intimate solo debut, “Spirit If…,” under the “Broken Social Scene Presents” tag line in 2007, while singer/bassist Brendan Canning issued a solo album the following year. The band remained active after the release, embarking on a lengthy tour and composing the score to 2006 film “Half Nelson.” However, Drew says there were some “slightly turbulent times” trying to manage the band’s many members and dozen-plus regular collaborators, which include Leslie Feist and members of Canadian bands Metric, Stars and Do Make Say Think. After its gritty art-rock dazzled the indie scene with 2002 sophomore disc “You Forgot It in People,” Broken Social Scene hadn’t issued any new material since the release of its self-titled third album in October 2005 on the Arts & Crafts label. The difference between “Forgiveness” and the other releases is how long it took to come together. The band will also play the All Tomorrow's Parties festival on 14 May, with appearances in London on 13 and 17 May.Universal Music Canada Relocating to 'Rock Star Building' in Downtown Toronto I remember when U2's single came out, I thought, 'All right, what's it gonna be? What's the man gonna sing about?' And Bono's opening line was like, 'I don't wanna talk about politics, I just wanna rock!' And I thought, "Uh oh - we're in trouble".īroken Social Scene's fourth album is due 4 May. "We had lots of conversations about how we could sing about our views and opinions without trying to make a poor man's REM song. "This is a crazy state of limbo right now and we tried to embrace it and bring those subjects up here and there," Drew said. But in the Obama age, the "state of the planet" became a harder thing to "personalise". "We've always been a band that sings about exactly what's inside of us and exactly what's happening outside as well," Drew said. Working in Toronto and Chicago, the group pared 42 songs into the one album. So we were quite scared to take a lot of it on ourselves." Whereas Newfeld digs into songs hungrily, with both hands, "Johnny is very, very different," Drew said. "He was very involved – I mean, he used to come on the talkback and suggest lyric changes. " didn't know how we were going to do this record without Newfeld because he played such a massive, massive role in all our success," Kevin Drew told Pitchfork this week. Both their 2002 breakout, You Forgot It in People, and 2006's self-titled album were produced by Dave Newfeld – credited as a major architect of the albums' sound. McEntire's role marks a major change for the band.
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