Inside: Broken Social Scene Return With First Album in Nine Years
After nine years, Canadian collective Broken Social Scene returns with a new album. Defying the traditional band model, the sprawling group’s reunion matters because their layered, collaborative sound shaped indie rock’s 2000s landscape. Founding member Brendan Canning’s earlier struggles with conventional rock underscore why this loose, creative approach remains vital and influential.
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.