As for ‘Please Take Me With You’, its shuffling and almost drum 'n' bass-like beat mixed with C86 guitars is a nice change of momentum for the record. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. The spacious ‘Skyline’ draws obvious but also complimentary comparisons to The War On Drugs, while ‘Vanity Pail Kids’ is reminiscent of their Canadian counterparts, Arcade Fire. Broken Social Scene (0:01) Angus is tense the gang prepare the garden for a surprise party. Resulting in a driving and dense crescendo that features elements of krautrock, ‘Protest Song’ is a rousing listen. This continues with the Emily Haines-led ‘Protest Song’. But was it worth it?įrom the expansive intro track ‘Sol Luna’ to the triumphant and jubilant ‘Halfway Home’, which explodes with a rapturous instrumentation, Broken Social Scene return with wonderfully arranged and layered indie rock. Broken Social Scene - Lovers Spit Broken Social Scene - Cause-Time Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun Broken. W ith 15 members and a rickety yet ambitious sound, Broken Social Scene have the feel of a Merry Pranksters -style hippie cult, and their shared values and sense of community prove bracing in an. And with all fifteen original members returning and the added pressure that this brings, this record sure has enough artistic pedigree behind it.

Ever to exist in the history of the protest song. Just leave it, we are left where we are from. The way Haines squeezes extra bars from her chorus on Protest Song, meanwhile, cajoling it into the next verse, typifies the band’s ramshackle invention.With it being seven years since ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’, the longest period Broken Social Scene have endured between releases, there was bound to be an inevitable apprehension behind ‘Hug Of Thunder’. How can I tell you're here the way you are Days don't end for nights alone. Sometimes all this bluster is needed to paper over middling songcraft and rudderless segues, but for the most part the writing is on point: Vanity Pail Kids rides into battle with dive-bombing saxes and a huge tom-tom tattoo Halfway Home channels Bruce Springsteen’s interstate energy and Feist gives the title track the kind of wistfulness that avoids twee. With members like Feist and Emily Haines back in the fold for the band’s first album in seven years, every song is big, anthemic and emotionally invigorating, with the jazzy breakbeats in the rhythm section keeping them endearingly dog-eared rather than pompous. With the Canadian collectives first album in seven years on the way, Kevin Drew reflects on whats changed (technologys unrelenting narcissism) and what hasn. Protest Song has a wide stereo soundfield, with the. W ith 15 members and a rickety yet ambitious sound, Broken Social Scene have the feel of a Merry Pranksters-style hippie cult, and their shared values and sense of community prove bracing in an age of Trumpian individualism. How can I tell you I hear the way you are How can I tell you I hear the way you are How can I tell you I hear the way you are Days go dark the nights are drawn How can I tell you I hear the way you are Days don't end the nights are long Days don't end the nights are long Just take it Just take it like you're strong You're just the latest in the long list of lost loves (loves) Just leave it We. Broken Social Scene reconvenes every few years to make beautiful music together, just as they’ve done on their new album, Hug of Thunder. They performed songs pretty evenly dispersed through their repertoire, but primarily from their self-titled album and Hug of Thunder.

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