Still, better to have too much than not enough. The Canadian group serve as the very definition of sprawling collective. It was not without a certain trepidation that one awaited Broken Social Scene’s appearance at the End Of The Road festival last summer. And if youve ever fallen in love with Broken Social Scene - as many of us. Reviews Broken Social Scene Hug Of Thunder Michael Hann, July 5th, 2017 16:32. Here, the brief Sol Luna mixes dated, antiquated sounding synthesizers with lush and warm string instruments. Hug of Thunder opens with a minor nod to You Forgot it in People ’s iconic, twinkling introductory instrumental Capture The Flag. Occasionally the record can lose focus, without a standalone frontman/woman – and while that doesn’t make Hug Of Thunder bad, it can feel disjointed, like listening to a decade-spanning compilation, moving through genres and line-ups with discombobulating results. Hug Of Thunder is righteous but warm, angry but loving, melodic but uncompromising. If there ever was a white people equivalent to the Wu-Tang ClanBroken Social Scene are it. Single Halfway Home could be the “textbook” BSS sound, building to crescendo after crescendo (see also: Arcade Fire), but everywhere the feeling pervades of a genuine community spirit, an all hands on deck, kitchen sink approach. The title track is a more electronic, stuttering take on both her solo work and her previous efforts with BSS, but Gonna Get Better takes the mood further with a bleak (if realist) worldview (ie: couldn’t get worse). One welcome return is Leslie Feist, who brings more to the songs she fronts here than the other singers manage. Theirs is a maximalist approach, Americana stretched into the stadium, widescreen and sun-bleached. A member of the offshoot AroarA with Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman, she lends piercing elation to 'Stay Happy,' a burst of symphonic pop with a massive yet laid-back beat. The fifth Broken Social Scene album comes after a seven-year wait, but this ragbag group of musicians – 15 at the latest count and corralled by Kevin Drew – have retained their all-encompassing sound, with the bells, whistles (and horns) of previous releases present and correct.
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