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Broken Social Scene: Members
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Toronto indie mob Broken Social Scene, who recorded their 2003 breakthrough, You Forgot It in People, with a ten-member lineup, has ballooned to fifteen people (plus four guests) for the follow-up. While BSS has its charms -- a knack for dissonant pop songs ("Superconnected"), an exuberant horn section ("It's All Gonna Break") and an experimental side that embraces noisy freakouts and nerdy rapping ("Windsurfing Nation") -- the overall effect is indistinct, like Dinosaur Jr without the heart-rending melodies. But with this many cooks, it's no surprise that the dish ends up a little bland.
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Since the release of Feel Good Lost, Toronto music collective Broken Social Scene became a bit more collective, swelling from two members to ten (plus guests). As you'd expect with such a dramatic rise ...Read full review
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Kevin Drew is one of two founding members of mega-collaborate, Broken Social Scene. His guitar work and scratchy, low-fi vocals have blended in with the creativity of around 20 other musicians to make some of the best post-rock music of this early century. The group’s latest offering acts as a spotlight for Drew. Where he was a line or shape that contributed to a pattern in BBS’s previous releases, he is the entirety of a painting itself on Spirit If…, having only used his fellow contributors to fill in the white spaces he left.
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[N]ot because of all those layers fighting for attention in the mix that kicks off Broken Social Scene's self-titled follow-up to 2002's acclaimed "You Forgot It in People." It's the parts the members didn't use.
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