new broken social scene

too lazy to search for any preexisting threads but fuck it. such a beautiful album, laid back and spacey. they nailed it.

mmmmmm I've been craving some new BSS... it's been about 4 years since their last release, hasnt it?

yeah. weren't there break up rumors again? i wasn't expecting anything from them, so it kind of rules to have something this excellent pop up.

is it better than their other album? there was only really one track i liked.

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also, i'm pretty sure what happens at 3:25 is impossible.

surprised you guys don't absolutely hate bss.

i like most of their shit.

One of favorite bands of all time .

And yes , Chaosmachine , 3:25 is

always liked bss, cannot wait to hear that new album. great to hear positive feedback.

  On 4/29/2010 at 7:11 PM, chaosmachine said:

is it better than their other album? there was only really one track i liked.

 

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also, i'm pretty sure what happens at 3:25 is impossible.

This is the video that got me started on BSS. I was just searching for footage of bike messengers at work.

And yeah, I don't care for most of their new album. I like 1 or 2 of its songs.

YEA, there is a thread in new releases somewhere.

the new record is fucking awesome.

been listening to it for about 2 weeks now. i like it, but it doesn't really mesh as an album for me, but i guess you forgot it in people didn't really either, so its ok by me. music is still great.

all you bss fans into k.c. accidental, kevin drew and charles spearin's band before bss? two of the most perfect albums ever, IMO.

i'll have to check out the kc accidental stuff. is there a particular aspect of BSS's sound that it shares more strongly than others?

also, this new album is so totally lush. the musical songwriting uses some really off kilter melodies and stuff and it works so well.

the k.c. accidental stuff is more like the first bss album, in the vein of "love and mathematics" and "passport radio", more "ambient" and instrumental for lack of better terms. there are vocals on a few tracks, but mostly not.

i'm not sure you can buy the cds anymore (theres a "like-new" on amazon for $87, lol) but the 2 albums are definitely worth a download. i hardly go a few weeks without listening to them.

  On 4/29/2010 at 9:16 PM, Lascaille said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 7:11 PM, chaosmachine said:

is it better than their other album? there was only really one track i liked.

 

[youtubehd]dv-ISen-UTQ[/youtubehd]

 

also, i'm pretty sure what happens at 3:25 is impossible.

 

This is the video that got me started on BSS. I was just searching for footage of bike messengers at work.

 

And yeah, I don't care for most of their new album. I like 1 or 2 of its songs.

I wonder how many people were introduced to broken social scene from this video. This is how I found out about them, too, and I got totally hooked on Bandwich and 7/4 afterwards. Now I'm all about Looks Just Like the Sun and Major Label Debut. Who liked Kevin Drew's solo album? ("broken social scene presents: kevin drew")

There's a great book released last year called "This Book is Broken". Well worth the $15. Breezy read and its got lots of cool stuff on the history of the band through the breakup after their self titled album. It's insane how many members are in this band.

Thanks for the reminder, will have to check this out next week!

Great records coming out over the next few weeks from three bands I like:

May 4: BSS

May 11: The National

May 18: Band of Horses

  On 4/30/2010 at 4:54 PM, The Green Kingdom said:

Thanks for the reminder, will have to check this out next week!

 

Great records coming out over the next few weeks from three bands I like:

May 4: BSS - glorious!

May 11: The National - people seem to really like this. but it's all just slow as molasses to me. i think they've forgotten how to rock.

May 18: Band of Horses - easily the worst of the three albums. but, i really like it a lot. there's at least five or six songs making this worthy of a purchase.

i got much more into that kevin drew "solo" record before i really liked any bss stuff. after i went back to it, i liked it a lot more.

wow this second track sounds like late 70s coked out fleetwood mac

liking the shit out of this so far!

Sweet my vinyl shipped today :)

Listening now, really good album for sure! I think McEntire helped them make a very focused record while keeping their loose sound intact.

I can't help lumping them in with The New Pronographers, who I also like a lot.

2:05 lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiRjwpCrCMc

I really should get this...

album of the year for me.

lol i haven't listened to this since the night I made that thread.

lol alzado

great record, just got into it. instantly likable.