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Though it sounds like some of the band members had their doubts, вЂњVanity Pail KidsвЂќ is a total blast from beginning to end. The Leslie Feist-sung title track wraps you in its warm embrace, its layers of sound as soothing as your motherвЂ™s voice on a dark and stormy night.

If you have penchant for self-torture and a bottle of Tylenol handy to deal with the pain of mid-sentence tense shifts, meandering writing, and Kevin Drew quotes, you could try and make it through Ben KaplanвЂ™s rather cloying, disjointed profile to get a sense of what prompted their return, but let me save you the hassle: the overarching inspiration for Hug of ThunderвЂ™s existence is that life is precious and short love and friendship are free the gangвЂ™s all together again!ДЄnd so theyвЂ™re back, the band I didnвЂ™t miss while they were вЂњgoneвЂќ, with a record that is markedly better than IвЂ™d anticipated. ItвЂ™s fitting that by the bandвЂ™s account, both personal and global events in the time between 2010вЂ™s Forgiveness Rock Record and 2017вЂ™s Hug of Thunder caused Broken Social Scene to reconvene. It was all getting to be a bit much, right? What with those Broken Social Scene PresentsвЂ¦ solo albums, the movies, books, Kevin Drew (in general). If they were being honest with themselves (and they were), Broken Social Scene needed some space apart. By the time their last album, Forgiveness Rock Record came along, it was obvious that the romantic notion of a band of friends, lovers, roommates, and exes making ambitious, anthemic music together would never be enough to sustain the collective through repeated record-release-tour-repeat cycles. The perpetually polite Canadian in me feels as if I need to apologize for that statement, but I canвЂ™t ask forgiveness for honesty. As a group, or on their own, Broken Social SceneвЂ™s members released some of the 00вЂ™s most notable independent albums, cementing their status as one of CanadaвЂ™s most important musical exports.I didnвЂ™t miss Broken Social Scene while they were вЂњgoneвЂќ. Live, their shows were notoriously epic, cathartic affairs, sometimes lasting over three hours.

The bandвЂ™s ability to weave a plethora of voices and varied instrumentation into a brilliant postmodern aural onslaught launched them instantly onto the international stage. Their albums were cinematic, critically-acclaimed splashes of concept and melody, marrying a dizzying onslaught of sounds with finely-crafted choruses. They were an instantly engaging energetic entity: a tightly-knit community bursting at the seams with talent, personalities, incredible songs and many, many guitars. Assembled by Drew, and made up of an assortment of musical friends, the band emerged fully-formed from their hometown of Toronto. Upcoming live info below.Д«roken Social Scene were widely considered to have stolen the show at last yearвЂ™s End of the Road festival: вЂњBruised, beautiful and chaotically epic, Broken Social Scene are huge, in both numbers and sound.вЂќ reported The Guardian, while вЂњsinger Kevin Drew is a charismatic preacherвЂќ observed NME.ДЇounded in 2002 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene quickly established themselves as one of the most vital voices in independent music. Tickets for Manchester, London, Antwerp and Amsterdam go on-sale at 9am on Friday, 24th February, available from the bandвЂ™s website. Kicking off in the UK with shows at the Albert Hall in Manchester and LondonвЂ™s Brixton Academy, Broken Social Scene then head to Europe for a number of dates culminating in a much-anticipated slot at the Primavera festival. Having made an explosive return to the live arena at the end of last summer with acclaimed performances at Electric Picnic, Festival No.6 and End Of The Road, and currently putting the finishing touches to a long-awaited new studio album, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE have announced news of a number of European live dates in late May and early June.

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