Breaking: Broken Social Scene Returns—"Remember the Humans"
Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning revives the collective with "Remember the Humans," a move that defies the rigid band paradigm. After his post-MTV rock struggles, he returns to the sprawling, communal chaos that made the group legendary. This matters because it reignites indie’s most unpredictable force, proving that loose, human collaboration still beats polish.
Canadian collective Broken Social Scene have always been a funny answer to the classical idea of a band. The classical idea being a tight group of individuals who churn out songs with everyone playing their specific part of their designated instrument. And maybe attempt to look cool on stage doing just that. Founding member Brendan Canning already tried his hand at this archaic paradigm in the wake of the alternative rock boom Powered by MTV, to not much avail.