Hug Of Thunder
On their first album in seven years, Broken Social Scene distill their sound to a vital essence. The band is focused and renewed, invigorated by the missionary spirit of their best work.
If 2017 is a sort of class reunion for 2000s indie rock—with new albums from Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Phoenix, Fleet Foxes, The National, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors all appearing in the same calendar year—then the members of Broken Social Scene are the clique that breaks off from the main…
The Toronto collective make their long awaited return with an album that reminds why we loved them in the first place.
Less a traditional band, more an ever-changing musical collective, Toronto’s Broken Social Scene are many in number and mighty of sound.
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The fifth full-length outing from the substantial Toronto collective -- this iteration is 15 strong -- the aptly named Hug of Thunder is the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's Forgiveness Rock Record.
Hug of Thunder sees Broken Social Scene plough through emotional highs and lows with an empathetic grace.
Broken Social Scene are known for their triumphant, group-sung anthems, but the multi-membered Toronto collective's true strength lies in th...
Rarely do album names manage to sum up a sound as aptly as Hug of Thunder does for Broken Social Scene.
With it being seven years since ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’, the longest period Broken Social Scene have endured between releases, there was
The album offers both dark clouds and silver linings through the band’s juxtaposition of anxiety and hope.
Review of Broken Social Scene's first album in seven years, 'Hug of Thunder'. Out July 5 on Arts & Crafts. Broken Social Scene play 7/23 in Edmonton, AB
Force-grown fifth album from Canada’s purveyors of fidgety anthems. CD new music review by Kieron Tyler