Essay
Breaking: Remember the Humans Ignites BSS’s Nine-Year Hiatus with Electrifying Return
Broken Social Scene ignites a nine-year hiatus with *Remember the Humans*, a vibrant, unrelenting return brimming with renewed energy. The Toronto collective delivers its most urgent, cohesive work since *Forgiveness River* (2010), proving their communal creativity still pulses with vitality. Critics hail the album as a defiant reassertion of their genre-defining sound—layered, emotional, and fiercely collaborative—reclaiming their place at indie rock’s heart.
By Alet Viegas·
The energy is the first thing you notice. A lot of reunions and records coming off a long hiatus can sound tentative, careful, or, worst of all, listless. Remember the Humans, the first Broken Social Scene album in nine years, brims with vitality from the outset.