Broken Social Scene

If you wanted to coin a genre out of the music made by loose collectives of wildly creative Canadian indie rockers working in the early '00s, You Forgot It in People would be the record that started it all. Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Feist -- not one of those bands could say they weren't influenced by this. Tattered, huge and unafraid, the sound is insatiably curious, venturing toward skewed tropicalia in one moment, bent Husker Du rock the next. From horns to synths to kitchen sinks, no instrument is left unturned. When Kevin Drew sings about "lover's spit," well, you don't forget it.

The Canadian collective Broken Social Scene play for the indie gourmet, as their
remarkable sophomore effort You Forgot It in People covers a range of catchy, art-rock
weirdness. The songs are as varied as the rotating musicians, all fifteen hailing from
Toronto's experimental rock circuit, who play them. Which means nothing is straight here.
Masterminds Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, along with their hipster friends, r... More >