- Forgiveness Rock Record · 2010
- You Forgot It In People · 2002
- Broken Social Scene · 2005
- Hug of Thunder · 2017
- Forgiveness Rock Record · 2010
- Feel Good Lost · 2001
- You Forgot It in People · 2002
- Queer As Folk: The Third Season (Music from the TV Series) · 2002
- Hug of Thunder · 2017
- You Forgot It in People · 2002
- You Forgot It in People · 2002
- Hug of Thunder · 2017
- You Forgot It in People · 2002
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- 2019
- 2008
- 2007
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- Raw sincerity and eclectic influences define this Canadian band.
- Guitar-heavy ‘90s indie and pioneering post-rock.
Live Albums
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About Broken Social Scene
Boasting a who’s who of Toronto iconoclasts, Canadian collective Broken Social Scene has provided some of the most intimate and unbridled indie-rock moments of the 21st century. Over the years, their sound has been as fluid as their lineup, but in 1999, they began as just two: singers/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. On their 2001 debut, Feel Good Lost, the duo had some help from friends to flesh out their mostly instrumental, post-rock arrangements. But those ambient experiments served as ideal templates to build from, as local artists like Feist and members of bands including Stars, Do Make Say Think, and Metric jumped in to create BSS’ breakthrough release, 2002’s You Forgot It In People. The Juno Award-winning collection fluctuates between blistering baroque rock and blissful dream pop—a grandiose sum of all 15 members involved. It was also the first release on Arts & Crafts, a now thriving independent label and artist management company co-founded by Drew. As the group expanded, they grew looser, louder and more uninhibited on 2005’s self-titled release, before reining in that noise (just a bit) on 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record, an album that highlights their inherent romanticism and post-rock roots. After a seven-year recording break, the group proved they hadn’t missed a beat with 2017’s Hug of Thunder, another ambitious indie manifesto filled with rousing anthems steeped in BSS’ uplifting yet defiant spirit.
- ORIGIN
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- FORMED
- 1999
- GENRE
- Alternative