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TRIBUTE ALBUM OF COVERS
ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People
OUT JUNE 6, 2025 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
COVERS BY MAGGIE ROGERS & SYLVAN ESSO, TORO Y MOI, THE WEATHER STATION, HOVVDY, SERPENTWITHFEET, MDOU MOCTAR, AND MORE - PREORDER NOW
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Today, ANTHEMS: A Celebration Of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People releases the latest installment from the tribute album out June 6th. From longtime Broken Social Scene fans, Australian alternative indie rock band Middle Kids bring a raw emotional edge to “Cause = Time,” leaning into its tension with driving guitars and an understated, heartfelt delivery. Middle Kids channel the original anthem’s spirit of spontaneity and community while letting it feel both reverent and uniquely theirs.
“Sometimes in this life it can feel like God is winking at you, and being asked to record this great song from this perfect album was one of those. Broken Social Scene has been a huge influence on our band and many of our friends. We see their work as a statement of art, love, spontaneity and community. When it came to recording we just wanted to let it unfold naturally, emotionally, easily,” Middle Kids reflected on the song.
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Over the last two plus decades, Broken Social Scene’s breakthrough album You Forgot It In People has cemented its place amongst indie rock's greatest -- through its collective energy pushing the genre far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots to a more tirelessly collaborative, sonically expansive, emotionally expressive vision. The album, out June 6th, reimagines You Forgot It In People with cover versions from today’s indie music icons, including Maggie Rogers and Sylvan Esso’s rendition of “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl,” Toro y Moi’s take on “Stars And Sons,” “Almost Crimes” by Miya Folick and Hand Habits, covers from The Weather Station, serpentwithfeet, Mdou Moctar, Sessa, and more (full tracklisting below).
The album is available for pre-order now on limited edition vinyl via Arts & Crafts. Bundle options include a You Forgot It In People graphic novel by Z2, and an exclusive You Forgot It In People songbook. A newly released documentary film, It’s All Gonna Break, revisiting Broken Social Scene’s early days, is screening throughout the USA in May and June– see cities and dates here.
LISTEN / SHARE “STARS AND SONS” BY TORO Y MOI
LISTEN / SHARE “ALMOST CRIMES” BY MIYA FOLICK AND HAND HABITS
LISTEN TO MAGGIE ROGERS & SYLVAN ESSO’S COVER OF “ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL” HERE
PREORDER ANTHEMS HERE
ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People Tracklisting:
1. Capture The Flag - Ouri
2. KC Accidental - Hovvdy
3. Stars And Sons - Toro y Moi
4. Almost Crimes - Miya Folick & Hand Habits
5. Looks Just Like The Sun - The Weather Station
6. Pacific Theme - Mdou Moctar, Mikey Coltun
7. Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl - Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso
8. Cause = Time - Middle Kids
9. Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries - Benny Sings
10. Shampoo Suicide - SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
11. Lover's Spit - serpentwithfeet
12. Ainda Sou Seu Moleque - Sessa
13. Pitter Patter Goes My Heart - Babygirl
What press has said about Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It in People…..
“a powerful and affecting album… they've made just exactly the kind of pop record that stands the test of time” - Pitchfork
“BSS set the mold for some incalculable hybrid of post-rock-meets-stadium-rock-meets-folk-pop” - Stereogum
“You Forgot It in People was a critical smash, paving the way for the great musical invasion from the north that’s still going strong today” - The New Yorker
ABOUT MIDDLE KIDS:
There is a question at the heart of Faith Crisis Pt 1, the third album from Sydney’s emotive indie trio Middle Kids. Over 13 propulsive, ecstatic and gorgeous tracks, songwriter and vocalist Hannah Joy attempts to tease out the question of belief; the breaking of it, and how it is rebuilt.
Co-produced by Tim Fitz and Jonathan Gilmore (The 1975, Beabadoobee), Joy and bandmates Fitz and Harry Day masterfully express the sensation of being overwhelmed, swept up and dragged down in songs that exalt and lift you higher.
Middle Kids' last album Today We're The Greatest won Best Rock Album at the 2021 ARIA Awards. Released at the height of the pandemic, the album garnered the band several US TV show performances including Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Late, Late Show with James Cordon.
Middle Kids first gained attention in 2017 with their debut single, Edge Of Town and their debut album, Lost Friends, which won Triple J's Best Australian Album Award in 2018. The success of their albums has also earned the band an international touring profile which has included supporting shows with the likes of Bloc Party, Kings of Leon, War on Drugs and Cold War Kids and festivals such as The Governors Ball, Lollapalooza, Osheaga Festival and many more.
With Faith Crisis Pt 1, Middle Kids have established themselves as one of the most innovative and emotionally resonant acts in modern indie rock, continuing to expand their sound and touch the hearts of fans worldwide.