FRIDAY 23RD MAY
TICKETS £16 adv - (Box Office Cash Sales - Charges Apply To Other Sales)
Once described as the “indie Wu Tang Clan”, Broken Social Scene are the central axis in the musical utopia that has evolved in Canada, in particular Toronto, over the past few years. Featuring a staggering amount of members, many of whom were childhood friends and all of whom happily cross-pollinate in each other's live bands and studio recordings, Broken Social Scene are a modern-day phenomena.
The two key members of BSS are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning.
2002's You Forgot it in People, was of the most critically acclaimed releases, selling over 70,000 copies in the U.S. (double that world-wide) and winning a JUNO Award (like a Brit Award, only Canadian), YFIIP is now hailed as the touch-stone album that sparked the infiltration of Canadian music on to the international map. Think: The Arcade Fire, Stars, The Dears, Wolf Parade, Black Mountain, Death From Above1979 and Feist.
The 2006, self-titled studio album from Broken Social Scene was recorded over two years with YFIIP producer Dave Newfeld.
On that record, Broken Social Scene encompassed everything you hoped for but with a maturity and brilliance not heard on YFIIP. Anthemic pop-rock ensembles, layers of shimmering sound and texture, insidious vocal hooks, arm-raising horn sections, even beloved quiet moments.
Broken Social Scene wasn't supposed to work. It still isn't supposed to. But some things are best left broken.
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