Broken Social Scene

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Broken Social Scene at a concert in Manchester, 2007

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, founded in 1999 .

history

Core members are Kevin Drew of KC Accidental and Brendan Canning, who released the band's debut album, Feel Good Lost , in 2001 . This was an almost exclusively instrumental post-rock album.

In the following years they gathered several musicians from the Canadian music scene, including Andrew Whiteman, the founder of Apostle of Hustle , and Leslie Feist , and finally released You Forgot It in People in autumn 2002 as an eleven-member group . This critically acclaimed album also marked the band's commercial breakthrough. It won a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album in 2003 .

In Germany the records appear on the City Slang label . The album Forgiveness Rock Record was released on May 4, 2010. The work was produced by John McEntire in Chicago and Toronto. Bands like Stars , Metric , The Sea and Cake and The Weakerthans are also guests on the album.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hug of Thunder
  CA 14th 07/29/2017 (1 week)
  US 96 07/29/2017 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2001: Feel Good Lost
  • 2002: You Forgot It in People
  • 2004: Bee Hives (B-Sides and Remixes)
  • 2005: Broken Social Scene
  • 2010: Forgiveness Rock Record
  • 2017: Hug of Thunder

swell

  1. Review at bbc.co.uk , accessed on August 10, 2010
  2. Chart sources: Official Canadian charts (with archive) US

Web links

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