Breaking: Broken Social Scene’s First Album in 9 Years – “Remember the Humans”
Broken Social Scene drops *Remember the Humans*, their first album in nine years, defying the “band” myth they’ve always subverted. The Canadian collective—known for rotating members and collaborative chaos—returns with urgency, reflecting on modern fragmentation. Its release matters: it reasserts their role as indie pioneers, merging political rawness with sonic warmth, proving their ethos endures beyond lineup shifts and industry trends.
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.