TRIBUTE ALBUM OF COVER SONGS BY MAGGIE ROGERS & SYLVAN ESSO, THE WEATHER STATION, SERPENTWITHFEET, HAND HABITS, TORO Y MOI & MORE
OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
STREAM / BUY / SHARE ANTHEMS HERE
IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK DOCUMENTARY NOW STREAMING IN CANADA
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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. This vision is set to see new heights as today sees the release of ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People – a front-to-back tribute to the hallowed Toronto band's 2003 masterpiece.
The album, out now, reimagines You Forgot It In People with cover versions from today’s indie music icons, including Maggie Rogers and Sylvan Esso, Toro y Moi, Middle Kids, The Weather Station, and more (full tracklisting below).
The record includes serpentwithfeet’s reimagination of “Lover’s Spit” as something intimate and hushed, guided by a soft, steady piano line that anchors the track in quiet devotion.“With my cover I wanted to create something delicate and hushed. There is a subtle urgency in the original song that I'm responding to,” serpentwithfeet says. What emerges is a spell-like meditation on tenderness — a stripped-back, reverent take that radiates vulnerability without ever raising its voice.
LISTEN / SHARES ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's
You Forgot It In People
Also this week, filmmaker Stephen Chung’s feature length documentary about the foundational early days of Broken Social Scene, It’s All Gonna Break, was released for streaming on Crave in Canada. The film pulls back the curtain on the early aughts Toronto indie music scene through his relationship with his friends in the trailblazing band. The unconventional POV documentary features Chung’s never-before-seen archival footage capturing a creatively rich era in Toronto and paying tribute to the power of indie music, friendship and the artists who started out in local bars before rocketing to global fame. Produced by Ann Shin, Hannah Donegan, Diana Warme.
WATCH IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK DOCUMENTARY ON CRAVE HERE
WATCH IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK TRAILER HERE
ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People
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
