Broken Social Scene (2XLP)
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VINYL FORMAT. 180 GRAM VINYL. Praise be to Arts & Crafts for once again bringing onto the world the divine sounds of the one and only (yet ever-evolving) Broken Social Scene. The self-titled new release features 14 tracks of what's sure to be pure sonic bliss by the core BSS collective network and other guests - including members of Stars, Apostle of Hustle, Metric, Feist, Do Make Say Think, Raising the Fawn, and The Dears, as well as k-os, Jason Tate, and Julie Penner.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Our Faces Split the Coast in Half  |
| 2 | Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) |
| 3 | 7/4 (Shoreline) |
| 4 | Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast |
| 5 | Major Label Debut |
| 6 | Fire Eye'd Boy |
| 7 | Windsurfing Nation |
| 8 | Swimmers |
| 9 | Hotel |
| 10 | Handjobs for the Holidays |
| 11 | Superconnected |
| 12 | Bandwitch |
| 13 | Tremoloa Debut |
| 14 | It's All Gonna Break |
| Jono
- Albuquerque, NM, US |
| You know that dude that's at every indie-rock show ever? The guy with the survivalist beard in the corner with a Guinness? Well this album is not that guy. This album is the gal at every indie-rock show that twirls and bops and pumps her fist for the chorus of every song. You love the way she dances, how uninhibited she is, how much joy she puts into each action. Truth be told, everybody at the show wishes they'd come with her. Yeah it's nice to listen to the scary dude in the corner every once in a while as he bemoans the fact that the band on stage just ripped off the guitar part of some obscure group's 1993 b-side, but what's real nice is joining the gal and twitching along to the music, maybe even singing along if you know the words. And going out for pancakes afterwards. Broken Social Scene has like 14 folks in it, so you know they've just got to be friendly.
On a scale from Boxing Day to Christmas, this cd is a Mother's Day.
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| Michelle S.
- Akron, OH, |
| I saw these guys in concert before hearing any of their studio work, and I was surprised to how well it translated live without certain instrumentalists and singers contributing to that particular show. I guess that's mandatory if you have as many members as Broken Social Scene. These hippies have modern energy and the communal attitude of their 60s predecessors. This record is as much about the music as it is about the message. Layered instrumental sound that's easy to absorb and more interesting than some tracks would suggest, with lyrics sung by good-looking people that could have been written either after coming home from a gay-rights rally or in a seventeen-year-old's heart-scribbled journal. | |
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| nate m.
- nanaimo, , canada |
| When this many people make a record, how is there space for all the sounds? | |
| Dylan Taverner
- bridgeport, CT, USA |
| "We hate your hate." Thats the phrase written on the inner lap of the CD case. Obviously, these guys have been criticized before. People gripe that their sound is too freeflowing and unfocused, but thats how I like it! This CD is amazing, but honestly, the only reason it gets a B+ is on acount of the horrible last track. It totally ruins the flow of the entire CD. I got the special edition of this CD that comes with an extra EP, and seriously, the 17 members of BSS could have picked ANY of those tracks to finish off their albumn. Frustrating, but an awesome CD nonetheless. | |
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| Jason Stewart
- Norman, OK, USA |
| A big, boisterous mess of madness from this ever-expanding Canadian outfit (17 people are listed in the liner notes as official members of the band. 17!). Their last album, 2003?s ''You Forgot it in People,'' was an instant classic of concisely controlled pop, but this album is so schizophrenic and over the top I?m surprised all those members didn?t break their necks. But no one does manic musical sprawl quite as endearingly as the Scene, and I don?t know if they?ve ever done anything more wildly infectious than ?7/4 Shoreline.? The horns at the end just freak me out every time! And album closer, ?It?s All Gonna Break,? is a lovely train wreck of distortion and noise, of emotion and passion, but above all else, it is the sound of life?weary and heartbroken, hopeful and alive! | |
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