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band, a
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including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by
Kevin Drew Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
(vocals, guitar) and
Brendan Canning Brendan may refer to: People * Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484 – c. 577) was an Irish monastic saint. * Saint Brendan of Birr (died 573), Abbot of Birr in Co. Offaly, contemporaneous with the above * Brendan (given name), a masculine given na ...
(vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
(drums),
Andrew Whiteman David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 w ...
(guitar) and
Charles Spearin Charles Spearin is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. He is primarily known as a founding member of indie rock bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. Career As a teen, Spearin studied at Etobicoke School of the A ...
(guitar). Most of its members play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly in the city of
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. These associated acts include
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, Feist,
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,
Apostle of Hustle Apostle of Hustle was a Canadian indie rock group, formed as a side project in 2001 by Andrew Whiteman, who has been in such groups as Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Que Vida and plays as the lead guitarist for the indie supergroup Broken Social Sc ...
,
Do Make Say Think Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar. Biography The band formed in 1995 as a recording ...
,
KC Accidental KC Accidental were a Canadians, Canadian post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band released two albums of mostly instrumental music.
, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton,
Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
, and
Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...
. The group's sound combines elements of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is occasionally considered
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. It includes grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic production style from David Newfeld, who produced the second and third albums. Stuart Berman's '' This Book Is Broken'' (2009) covers the band from its inception to its critical acclaim. In 2010, Bruce McDonald made ''
This Movie Is Broken ''This Movie Is Broken'' is a 2010 Canadian film directed by Bruce McDonald (director), Bruce McDonald. A cross between a romantic comedy and a concert film, the film stars Greg Calderone as Bruno, a young man hoping to convince his longtime crush ...
'', a movie about the band's
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show during the 2009 Toronto strike. The collective and their respective projects have had a broad influence on alternative music and indie rock during the early 21st century, in 2021
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listed the band among the "most important artists" of the last 25 years.


History


''Feel Good Lost''

The band was formed in
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by core members
Kevin Drew Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
and
Brendan Canning Brendan may refer to: People * Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484 – c. 577) was an Irish monastic saint. * Saint Brendan of Birr (died 573), Abbot of Birr in Co. Offaly, contemporaneous with the above * Brendan (given name), a masculine given na ...
. This duo recorded and released the band's
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debut album, '' Feel Good Lost'', on Noise Factory Records in 2001, with contributions by
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
,
Charles Spearin Charles Spearin is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. He is primarily known as a founding member of indie rock bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. Career As a teen, Spearin studied at Etobicoke School of the A ...
,
Bill Priddle Bill Priddle is a Canadian indie rock musician, currently working as co-lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Treble Charger. He has also been a member of Broken Social Scene, Don Vail and The Priddle Concern. In 1992 he formed Treble Charg ...
,
Leslie Feist Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo mu ...
,
Jessica Moss Jessica Moss is a Canadian musician best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the post-rock band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band since 2001, and is a founding member of Black Ox Orkestar. In addition ...
and
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'
Evan Cranley Evan Cranley is a Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec. He records with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene, although he considered joining the band Metric before finally joining Stars. Musical career Early on, Cranley was in the band ...
. Drew and Canning's material at the time was almost entirely instrumental, so they brought together musicians from the Toronto indie scene, the album contributors as well as
Andrew Whiteman David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 w ...
,
Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...
, and
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's
Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
, to flesh out their live show with lyrics and vocals. Over time, the band came to include contributions from James Shaw,
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
,
John Crossingham John Crossingham is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. He performs with the bands Raising the Fawn Raising the Fawn is a Canadian indie rock band, with its roots in Toronto. The band is composed of John Crossingha ...
, and Stars member
Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
."Broken Social Scene"
''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', Steve McLean.


''You Forgot It in People''

All of the musicians from the live show joined Drew, Canning, Peroff and Spearin to record the band's second album, ''
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''. The album was produced by David Newfeld and released on
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in October 2002"Toronto's Ambassadors to the World"
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and won the Alternative Album of the Year
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in 2003. The album also included musical contributions by Priddle, Jessica Moss,
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, Susannah Brady and
Ohad Benchetrit Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. He plays guitar, bass, saxophone and flute for the post-rock band Do Make Say Think, and has also contributed to albums by Broken Social Scene, Feist, The Hidden Cameras and Charles Spearin. He coll ...
, but these were credited as supporting musicians rather than band members. On the supporting tour, the core band consisted of Drew, Canning, Peroff, Whiteman and Jason Collett, along whichever band members were available on each show date. In 2003, the B-sides and remix collection ''
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'' was released. Broken Social Scene's song "
Lover's Spit ''You Forgot It in People'' is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene, released on October 15, 2002. It was the band's commercial breakthrough. ''You Forgot It in People'' features intricate, experimental productio ...
" from 2002's ''You Forgot It in People'' has been featured in director Clément Virgo's movie '' Lie with Me'' (2005), Paul McGuigan's '' Wicker Park'' (2004), Bruce McDonald's ''
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'' (2004),
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's '' Queer as Folk'' (2003) and the penultimate episode of the Canadian series '' ''Terminal City'''' (2005). The version of "Lover's Spit" found on 2004's ''Bee Hives'' record was also featured in an episode of the third season of the FX series ''
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''.
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's television program ''
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'' featured "Pacific Theme" and "Looks Just Like the Sun", both from ''You Forgot It in People'', in the show's first season. "Lover's Spit" is referenced in the 2013
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song, "
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". "Looks Just Like the Sun" was featured in the 2006 film ''Swedish Auto''. "Stars and Sons" from ''You Forgot It in People'' also appeared in the movie '' The Invisible''. Music from the band's albums was used to score the 2006 film ''
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''.


''Broken Social Scene''

Broken Social Scene released their third full-length album, ''
Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Cannin ...
'', also produced by Newfeld, in October 2005, with new contributors including
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,
Jason Tait Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. Career Tait played drums for the Pa ...
and
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. New band members were Newfeld and
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, who were members of the band Stars. A limited edition EP, '' EP to Be You and Me'' was also printed along with the album. Broken Social Scene performed "7/4 (Shoreline)" on ''
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'' on January 31, 2006, and that year they performed "Ibi Dreams of Pavement" at the 2006
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, at which their self-titled album won the Alternative Album of the Year award. In August the band went on a European tour. Returning in September, they were last-minute replacement performers at North America's first
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, at Toronto Islands Park after headliners
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cancelled due to problems involving obtaining US visas. The band quickly assembled to play a one-hour closing performance on the main stage, following
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and
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. Through the performance the band was joined by Feist, Amy Millan of Stars, k-os, and Emily Haines of Metric. This was the last show featuring the entire 15 member lineup of the band until 2009. After a US tour in November, the band went on hiatus while members worked on their other projects. In late 2006, several members of the band appeared as special guests on ''The Stars and Suns Sessions'', the second album from Mexican indie band
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. The album was produced by Dave Newfeld. In May 2008, the band contributed a T-shirt design for the
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to raise money and awareness for the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. The shirt was designed by their drummer,
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
, and bears the slogan "Hope for Truth". Members of Broken Social Scene composed and recorded an original score for director
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's film ''
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'', as well as scored his 2007 film adaptation of
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's novel, '' The Tracey Fragments''. In 2009, Bruce McDonald directed a short documentary episode of IFC's '' The Rawside Of...'' that focused on the making of Brendan Canning's solo album ''Something for All of Us''.


''Broken Social Scene Presents...''

In June 2007, BSS founder Kevin Drew began recording an album which featured many members of Broken Social Scene. The album was produced by Ohad Benchetrit and Charles Spearin and was titled ''Broken Social Scene presents .. Spirit If...''. The album was recorded throughout 2004 and 2006 in Ohad Benchetrit's house while the band was not on tour. Although billed as a solo project, most Broken Social Scene members make cameo appearances. The sound itself is Broken Social Scene's familiar mix of rough and ragged, sad and celebratory, with psychedelic swells and acoustic jangles. Also featured are
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and Canadian rock icon
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playing and singing and handclapping along. Archived at the Wayback Machine. The album was released on September 18, 2007, and a tour billed as Broken Social Scene Performs Kevin Drew's ''Spirit If...'' took place in late 2007. The second "Broken Social Scene presents..." record, by
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, is entitled '' Something for All of Us'' and was released on Arts & Crafts in July, 2008. Broken Social Scene also took part in the 2008
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in
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,
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. On April 29, 2009, Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning guest-hosted 102.1 The Edge's program ''The Indie Hour'' to promote their concert at the Olympic Island Festival. The festival was later moved to
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after a labour dispute resulted in the suspension of ferry service to the
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. In May 2009 Arts & Crafts, with association from Anansi Press, released '' This Book Is Broken'' written by ''
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'' editor Stuart Berman, who had a close personal involvement with the band. The book includes artwork, concert posters and photographs (professional and amateur) of the band. Berman includes extensive interviews with band members and related persons, arranged by subject and chronology.


''Forgiveness Rock Record''

In June 2009, the band played a short set to launch '' This Book Is Broken'' at the
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festival. They played a mix of new songs from their then-upcoming album and old favourites, and were joined by Feist, who also joined them on their second visit to Mexico City in October. During the band's free performance at the Harbourfront Centre on July 11, 2009, they were joined by nearly all past contributors, including Feist, Emily Haines and James Shaw, Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, John Crossingham, Jason Collett and Julie Penner. This revue-like show celebrated other projects by members as well as including material from the then-upcoming album. Emcee Bruce McDonald announced the filming of a documentary directed by him and written by
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, Titled ''
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'', it includes concert footage and a fictional romance. Although McDonald announced at the concert that film submitted by fans would be used in the movie, the final cut of the movie included only one submission, a front-row recording of "Major Label Debut". Broken Social Scene released their fourth full-length album on May 4, 2010. Entitled ''
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'', it was recorded at Soma in Chicago, with
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producing, and in Toronto at the studio of Sebastian Grainger and James Shaw. For the first time, Amy Millan, Emily Haines, and Leslie Feist recorded a track together (albeit at different times). This album was short-listed for the
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''. Every Monday a new remix was released and available for 24 hours via a different online partner. The first version, "All to All (Sebastien Sexy Legs Grainger Remix)", by Sebastien Grainger, was released August 9 via Pitchfork.


''Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights''

During the recording of ''
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'', the group also worked on tracks for ''Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights'' while in
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. While
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worked in the main room, during downtime band members would head into Soma's second smaller studio (B-Room) to test out and record new ideas and overdubs. One of their collaborations, "Me & My Hand", ended up being the closing song on ''Forgiveness Rock Record''; the rest became the beginnings of the later album.


Hiatus

In October 2011 the band put on a show featuring
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and went on a fall tour in support of
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. After their concert in November in
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, the band took a long break from performing until 2013, when they headlined the Field Trip Arts & Crafts Music Festival, celebrating tenth anniversary of their label Arts & Crafts. The band appeared on a number of compilation albums released in 2013, including ''Arts & Crafts: 2003−2013'' ("7/4 (Shoreline)", "Lover's Spit" and "Deathcock"), '' Arts & Crafts: X'' ("Day of the Kid") and '' Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle'' ("Mother Mother").


Broken Social Scene Story Project

In 2013, publisher
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teamed with several members of Broken Social Scene to sponsor the Broken Social Scene short story contest. Authors were challenged to create works inspired by the individual tracks of Broken Social Scene's breakthrough album, ''
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''. From the over four hundred submissions, thirteen finalists were chosen, one for each track of the album. Their stories were published in the anthology ''The Broken Social Scene Story Project: Short Works Inspired by You Forgot It in People''.House of Anansi , The Broken Social Scene Story Project
The thirteen finalists were: * Sheila Toller (Toronto), "Capture the Flag" * Morgan Murray (St. John's), "KC Accidental" * Tom Halford (St. John's), "Stars and Sons" * Hollie Adams (Calgary), "Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix)" * Jesse McLean (Toronto), "Looks Just Like the Sun" *
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(Toronto), "Pacific Theme" * Caitlin Galway (Toronto), "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl" * Jane Ozkowski (Toronto), "Cause=Time" *
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(Victoria), "Late Nineties Bedroom Rock for the Missionaries" * Marisa Gelfusa (Toronto), "Shampoo Suicide" * Meghan Doraty (Calgary), "Lover's Spit" *
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(Toronto), "I'm Still Your Fag" * Marcia Walker (Toronto), "Pitter Patter Goes My Heart"


''Hug of Thunder'' (2015–2018)

The band began to play occasional festivals in 2015 and 2016, including a performance at the Electric Arena in September 2016. They released "Halfway Home", the first single from their new album, on March 30, 2017. On March 30, 2017, they appeared on the ''
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'' as musical guests and performed "Halfway Home". Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric, and Amy Millan and Evan Cranley of Stars joined the band for the performance. The album, ''
Hug of Thunder ''Hug of Thunder'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie rock musical collective Broken Social Scene. It was released by the Arts & Crafts record label on July 7, 2017. Background After declaring a hiatus in September 2011, Broken Social ...
'', was released July 7, 2017. On May 15, 2017, the band shared the title track with vocals from Leslie Feist. On May 31, 2017, the band released "Skyline", the album's third preview single. On June 26, 2017, the band released the album's fourth and final preview track "Stay Happy", which features new member Ariel Engle on lead vocals. Broken Social Scene began a tour of Europe and North America in May 2017, which concluded in fall 2017.


''Let's Try the After'' (2019-present)

On January 22, 2019, the band released the single "All I Want" and the details of an EP titled ''Let's Try the After, Vol. 1'' which was released February 15, 2019. They debuted two new songs, "Can’t Find My Heart" and "1972", from the new EP during an appearance on
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''. The EP's first official single was "All I Want". On March 20, 2019, they announced the sequel EP ''Let's Try the After, Vol 2'', which was released April 12, 2019 on Arts & Crafts. Its first single was "Can't Find My Heart".


Band members


Current active members

*
Kevin Drew Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
– lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, various instruments (1999–present) *
Brendan Canning Brendan may refer to: People * Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484 – c. 577) was an Irish monastic saint. * Saint Brendan of Birr (died 573), Abbot of Birr in Co. Offaly, contemporaneous with the above * Brendan (given name), a masculine given na ...
– lead vocals, guitar, various instruments (1999–present) *
Andrew Whiteman David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 w ...
– guitars, keyboards, various instruments (2001–present) *
Charles Spearin Charles Spearin is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. He is primarily known as a founding member of indie rock bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. Career As a teen, Spearin studied at Etobicoke School of the A ...
– guitars, keyboards, various instruments (2001–present) *
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
– drums, percussion (2002–present) *
Evan Cranley Evan Cranley is a Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec. He records with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene, although he considered joining the band Metric before finally joining Stars. Musical career Early on, Cranley was in the band ...
– trombone, guitar (2001–2004; 2008–2010; 2015–present) * James Shaw – trumpet, various instruments (2004; 2007; 2009–2010; 2016–present) * Sam Goldberg – guitar, various instruments (2007–2010; 2016–present) *David French – saxophone, flute (2010; 2016–present) *Jill Harris – lead vocals (2022–present)


Inactive members and collaborators

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Ariel Engle Ariel Engle is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter who records and performs as a solo artist and with Broken Social Scene. Ben Rayner, "Broken Social Scene put it back together for Hug of Thunder". ''Toronto Star'', July 5, 2017. Engle fir ...
– lead vocals (2016–2020) *
Ohad Benchetrit Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. He plays guitar, bass, saxophone and flute for the post-rock band Do Make Say Think, and has also contributed to albums by Broken Social Scene, Feist, The Hidden Cameras and Charles Spearin. He coll ...
- guitars, flute (2002–2006; 2009–2010; 2016–2017) *
Leslie Feist Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo mu ...
- vocals (2002–2005; 2009; 2017) *
Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
- vocals (2001–2006; 2009; 2017; 2022) *
Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
- vocals (2001–2005; 2009; 2017) *Dave Hodge (2005–2006; 2008–2010) *
Lisa Lobsinger Lisa Lobsinger is an indie rock singer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is the lead singer for the band Reverie Sound Revue and is known for her powerful voice and distinctive hair styles. Reverie Sound Revue has released an extended play and ...
- vocals (2005–2010) *
Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...
- guitars (2002–2005; 2008–2009) *
Bill Priddle Bill Priddle is a Canadian indie rock musician, currently working as co-lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Treble Charger. He has also been a member of Broken Social Scene, Don Vail and The Priddle Concern. In 1992 he formed Treble Charg ...
(2001–2002; 2007) *
Julie Penner Julie Penner (born 1976) is a Canadian violinist who has played with The FemBots, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Hylozoists, The Lowest of the Low and The Weakerthans. She also worked as the music producer for Stuart McLean's ''The Vi ...
- violin (2005–2006) *Angus Pauls (2003) *Brodie West (2001)


Touring lineup history

From 2002 to 2004 female vocalists
Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
,
Leslie Feist Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo mu ...
, and
Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
rotated between availability from their own bands, until a full-time replacement was found in 2005 with
Lisa Lobsinger Lisa Lobsinger is an indie rock singer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is the lead singer for the band Reverie Sound Revue and is known for her powerful voice and distinctive hair styles. Reverie Sound Revue has released an extended play and ...
. From time to time (mostly at hometown shows in Toronto) one of the women may without prior announcement resume their role on their trademark songs. * 2001:
Kevin Drew Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
,
Brendan Canning Brendan may refer to: People * Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484 – c. 577) was an Irish monastic saint. * Saint Brendan of Birr (died 573), Abbot of Birr in Co. Offaly, contemporaneous with the above * Brendan (given name), a masculine given na ...
, Brodie West. * 2002: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning,
Justin Peroff Justin Peter Papadimitriou (born October 13, 1977), family name changed to Peroff, is best known as the drummer for the Toronto-based indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. He is a credited actor, appearing in the major motion picture ''How to ...
,
Andrew Whiteman David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 w ...
,
Charles Spearin Charles Spearin is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. He is primarily known as a founding member of indie rock bands Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. Career As a teen, Spearin studied at Etobicoke School of the A ...
,
Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...
,
Evan Cranley Evan Cranley is a Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec. He records with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene, although he considered joining the band Metric before finally joining Stars. Musical career Early on, Cranley was in the band ...
,
Leslie Feist Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo mu ...
,
Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
. * 2003: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Jason Collett, Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Angus Pauls. * 2004: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Jason Collett, Evan Cranley,
Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
, James Shaw. * 2005: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin,
Ohad Benchetrit Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. He plays guitar, bass, saxophone and flute for the post-rock band Do Make Say Think, and has also contributed to albums by Broken Social Scene, Feist, The Hidden Cameras and Charles Spearin. He coll ...
,
Julie Penner Julie Penner (born 1976) is a Canadian violinist who has played with The FemBots, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Hylozoists, The Lowest of the Low and The Weakerthans. She also worked as the music producer for Stuart McLean's ''The Vi ...
, Leslie Feist, Dave Hodge,
Lisa Lobsinger Lisa Lobsinger is an indie rock singer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is the lead singer for the band Reverie Sound Revue and is known for her powerful voice and distinctive hair styles. Reverie Sound Revue has released an extended play and ...
,
John Crossingham John Crossingham is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. He performs with the bands Raising the Fawn Raising the Fawn is a Canadian indie rock band, with its roots in Toronto. The band is composed of John Crossingha ...
. * 2006: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Ohad Benchetrit, Julie Penner, Amy Millan, Dave Hodge, Lisa Lobsinger, Chris Cochran, Matt Miller. * 2007: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Kenny,
Bill Priddle Bill Priddle is a Canadian indie rock musician, currently working as co-lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Treble Charger. He has also been a member of Broken Social Scene, Don Vail and The Priddle Concern. In 1992 he formed Treble Charg ...
(eventually Priddle was replaced by James Shaw, and then Mitch Bowden), Sam Goldberg. * 2008: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Jason Collett, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, Dave Hodge, Sam Goldberg,
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(fall tour only), Leon Kingstone. * 2009: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Jason Collett, Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Dave Hodge, Lisa Lobsinger, Sam Goldberg. * 2010: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, David French,
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, Dave Hodge, Lisa Lobsinger, Sam Goldberg. * 2015: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan * 2017: Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg,
Ariel Engle Ariel Engle is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter who records and performs as a solo artist and with Broken Social Scene. Ben Rayner, "Broken Social Scene put it back together for Hug of Thunder". ''Toronto Star'', July 5, 2017. Engle fir ...
, David French Collett took time off to promote his solo release ''
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'', and to attend to his family, prior to the 2005 fall tour. During the 2007 tour, Bill Priddle broke his collar bone, just before the 16th October gig at the Birmingham Academy II. They were joined on tour by James Shaw from Metric, who had "flown in that morning" from Toronto. Mitch Bowden, Priddle's bandmate in Don Vail and
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, joined the 2007 tour to replace Priddle.


Discography


Studio albums


B-side albums

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'' (2004) *''Old Dead Young'' (2022)


Broken Social Scene Presents...

* Kevin Drew - ''Spirit If...'' (2007) * Brendan Canning - ''Something for All of Us...'' (2008)


EPs

*''Live at Radio Aligre FM in Paris'' (2004, digital only EP) *'' EP to Be You and Me'' (2005, EP) − originally released with ''
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'' *''Broken Social Scene: 2006/08/06 Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL'' (2006, EP
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exclusive) *'' Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights'' (2010) *'' Let's Try the After (Vol. 1)'' (2019) *''Let's Try the After (Vol. 2)'' (2019)


Singles


Film scores

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'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2006) * '' The Tracey Fragments'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2010)


Soundtracks

* '' Queer as Folk'' (2003) − "Lover's Spit" * '' Wicker Park'' (2004) − "Lover's Spit" * '' Lie with Me'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2006) − "Stars & Sons", "Shampoo Suicide", "Da Da Dada", "Mossbraker", "Guilty Cubicles", "Blues for Uncle Gibb", "Lover's Spit (Feist Version)" *'' The Invisible'' (2007) * '' The Tracey Fragments'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2009) − "Love Will Tear Us Apart" * '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010) − "Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl", "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very Sad" (credited as Crash and the Boys), "We Hate You Please Die" (credited as Crash and the Boys), "Last Song Kills Audience" (credited as Crash and the Boys) * '' Faulks on Fiction'' (2011) − "Lover's Spit"


Music videos

*"Stars & Sons" (August 2003, directed by Christopher Mills) *"Cause = Time" (December 2003, directed by George Vale and Kevin Drew) *"Almost Crimes" (2004, directed by George Vale and Kevin Drew) *"Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)" (November 2005, directed by Experimental Parachute Movement) *"7/4 (Shoreline)" (2006, directed by Micah Meisner) *"Fire Eye'd Boy" (2006, directed by Experimental Parachute Movement) *"Major Label Debut (Fast)" (2006, directed by Sarah Haywood) *"Lover's Spit" (May 2006) *"I'm Still Your Fag" (May 2006, directed by Chris Grismer) *"Forced to Love" (July 2010, directed by Adam Makarenko and Alan Poon) *"All to All" (August 2010) *"Texico Bitches" (December 2010, directed by Thibaut Duverneix) *"Sweetest Kill" (June 2011, directed by Claire Edmonson) *"Skyline" (September 2017)


Bibliography

*'' This Book Is Broken'' (May 2009, written by Stuart Berman)


Awards


Juno Awards

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are presented by the
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. Broken Social Scene has won two awards from five nominations. , - , , , ''
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Polaris Music Prizes

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is awarded annually to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit. Broken Social Scene's self-titled album was nominated in 2006, and ''
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See also

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Music of Canada The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has also subsequently been ...
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Canadian rock Rock music of Canada is a wide and diverse part of the general music of Canada, beginning with American and British style rock and roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern po ...
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References


External links

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Arts & Crafts label page
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