Hiatus or not, they’re still proudly fragmented and anything but broken.īSS have made an album that trumps any cynicism that they may have faced, and in the process Hug of Thunder is as hearteningly unguarded and positive a record as you are likely to hear this year
The album offers both dark clouds and silver linings through the band’s juxtaposition of anxiety and hope And with the band releasing 'Halfway Home' as a taster, fans await the 7th of July with baited breath In a symbolic sense anyway, Hug of Thunder lives up to its billingīroken Social Scene are always able to instil a real purpose with each project. Hug of Thunder is very much an album of anthems It's an impressive return for a band that set the bar high years ago and continue to clear it with ease It's the wordy, Feist-delivered title cut, a master class in balancing mood and melody, that delivers the album's finest moments, and the best distillation of what makes BSS so venerable Never short on energy and ideas, Kevin Drew and Co have this time remembered to include some great melodies This is simply the sound of a band having the time of their lives. Some of the most exuberant and immediately engaging music they've ever recorded Hug is a welcome retreat to those earlier records in terms of production, forsaking the leaner sound of 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record for the shaggy excesses of both You Forgot It and Broken Social SceneĪfter so many years without a Broken Social Scene album, this is a very welcome return The band sounds focused and renewed, invigorated by the missionary spirit of their best work
It’s the record Broken Social Scene have always had within them, but perhaps never quite achievedīroken Social Scene seem to have dug deep and resurfaced with a rejuvenated and freshly realised verve Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review
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