Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 06 May, 2010.

I can't say I listen to a huge amount of guitary indie these days but I well love the first album by this band/collective/troupe. The second was pretty damned tidy too. They both blended the epic post-rock their native Canada is so known for (particularly the Do Make Say Think/Fly Pan Am end of things) with super high quality hook-laden songwriting to near-perfection. I guess there's a slight similarity with the likes of The Arcade Fire if you're hankering after a comparison. Anyway this new one is really growing on me after a couple of disappointing initial listens and at the moment I'm sort of settling on taking a cautious 'probably their weakest record but a very worthwhile addition to the discography' sort of line. What else should I say..Oh yeah, Spiral Stairs is on it and probably loads of other indie folks too.

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TRACKLISTING:

01. World Sick 02. Chase Scene 03. Texico Bitches 04. Forced To Love 05. All To All 06. Art House Director 07. Highway Slipper Jam 08. Ungrateful Little Father 09. Meet Me In The Basement 10. Sentimental X's 11. Sweetest Kill 12. Romance To The Grave 13. Water In Hell 14. Me And My Hand

OVERVIEW:
Founded ten years ago by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene very quickly established themselves as one of the most vital voices in independent music. Assembled by Drew, and made up of an assortment of musical friends, lovers, and strangers, the band emerged fully-formed from their hometown of Toronto in 2002. They were an instantly engaging energetic entity: a tightly-knit community bursting at the seams with talent, personalities, incredible songs and many, many guitars. Their albums – which were recently regaled on many “Best of the Decade” lists for the 00’s – were cinematic, critically-acclaimed splashes of concept and melody, marrying a dizzying onslaught of sounds with finely-crafted choruses. The band’s ability to weave a plethora of voices, specific genre elements, and varied instrumentation into a brilliant postmodern aural pastiche launched them instantly onto the international stage.

In producer John McEntire – a musical hero for many of the band’s members – they found a fresh perspective on their own sound; this continued to fuel the creative process, resulting in nearly 30 songs written in and out of the studio, a number of which were put together as the first new Broken Social Scene record in five years.

The new record is, like all Broken Social Scene albums, a record driven by love.

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