By: Dillon bey
Broken Social Scene is kicking off their North American tour in Vancouver with two performances September 22 and 23 at the Commodore Ballroom. This tour is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their second album “You Forgot it in People”, originally released in 2002.
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto created by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. The band has a members list too long to count with a very fluid rotation of members, with most members having the ability to leave and work on solo projects/interests and then join back like they had never left. The fluidity of its members makes Broken Social Scene have an ever-changing sound and presence in the modern music scene, drawing influence from their name of “breaking” the social scene.
Due to their changing sounds it’s very difficult to pin-point which genre the band falls under, most would put them under the vast description of an indie rock band although they can fit under so many different genres such as soul, noise pop, post-rock, and so much more. Since their sound is built up of so many different instruments and sounds it is occasionally considered to be baroque pop as it is composed of grand orchestrations.
From guitars and violins to horns and woodwinds, Broken Social Scene combines musical interests of all listeners and warps them on top of each other creating experimental and sometimes chaotic song structures that make them stand out in a crowd. Their ever-changing members and sound cause this band to be constantly evolving and adapting with the times.
In 2021, Pitchfork Listed Broken Social Scene among the “Most important artists” of the last 25 years, both as a collective band and its individual artists. Vancouver better be ready because this Toronto based group is arriving with a mission to “break the social scene”.