2017-7-30 21:56
麻油女郎
Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder (2017) [Indie Rock] [FLAC]
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a r t i s t :: Broken Social Scene
t i t l e :: Hug Of Thunder
d a t e :: 2017-00-00
l a b e l :: City Slang
c a t n r :: SLANG50120
g e n r e :: Indie
s o u r c e :: CD
b i t r a t e :: 951 kbps avg
e n c o d e r :: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
t r a c k s :: 12
p l a y t i m e :: 52:14
s i z e :: 361.6MB
tracklist
1 Sol Luna 1:19
2 Halfway Home 4:41
3 Protest Song 4:18
4 Skyline 4:11
5 Stay Happy 4:10
6 Vanity Pail Kids 3:59
7 Hug Of Thunder 4:54
8 Towers And Masons 4:00
9 Victim Lover 4:55
10 Please Take Me With You 4:53
11 Gonna Get Better 5:10
12 Mouth Guards Of The Apocalypse 5:44
releasenotes
On their first album in seven years, Broken Social Scene distill their sound
to a vital essence. The band is focused and renewed, invigorated by the
missionary spirit of their best work.
ôThe cynics fucking hate me. I know that much. TheyÆre not fans.ö IÆm willing
to bet Broken Social Scene ringleader Kevin Drew takes that personally. From
the start, Broken Social Scene have made recklessly celebratory music that
left their countercultural beliefs buried like dog whistles: ôThey all need to
be the cause/They all want to fuck the cause,ö he sang, rather cynically, 15
years ago on the canonical You Forgot It in People, long before virtue
signaling and slacktivism became part of the lexicon. But after the Paris
terrorist attacks of 2015 inspired a swift return to action following a
five-year hiatus, theyÆre not hiding shit this time around.
Frustrated by people touting concepts of ôradical communityö and ôself-care,ö
yet spending most of their day treating people like shit online? Hug of
Thunder is too. Feel like a washed outcast when confronted by the sterility of
festival music and the humiliating sound degradation of digital streaming? Hug
of Thunder is too. Tired of nihilism being presented as the only option for
rational thinkers? Hug of Thunder is too. While thereÆs an undeniable power in
commiseration, Hug of Thunder is invigorated by the missionary spirit of the
bandÆs best work. Drew and company try to make converts of lapsed idealists
and people that remind him of his former self.
2017 has found many of the past decadeÆs most beloved indie rock acts
returning after long layoffs, and as with many of their lead singles, öHalfway
Homeö was greeted not with a loud embrace of crackling buzz, but a shrug,
disappointed by the lack of novelty rather than marveling at just how Broken
Social Scene distilled their essence into four minutes. Which, yes, it sounds
just like Broken Social Scene at the times when theyÆre going to lift you out
of whatever hole youÆre chosen to wallow in, even if it takes all 30 hands on
deck.
The subsequent previews of Hug of Thunder also gave us ôgoogly-eyed
dream-pop,ö ôpassed-out drunk and caffeine-wired studio wizards,ö and also
ôthe band with Feist in it.ö Broken Social Scene are defined by a kind of
utopian collectivism, and the lead-up to Hug of Thunder confirms that their
excessive generosity can make them a seriously inefficient singles band. But
in the same way that the members of Broken Social Scene renounce their star
power to present a unified front, the individual songs of Hug of Thunder are
best understood as reciprocal parts of a whole.
After the sunrise incantation of ôSol Luna,ö ôHalfway Homeö gets Hug of
Thunder to a height where the breathless plunge of the chorus from ôProtest
Songö can feel like a skydive without a parachute. On its own, ôSkylineö
forgoes any hook for mesmeric repetition, getting Hug of Thunder to a cruising
altitude where ôStay Happyö can serve as a realistic mantra. ôVanity Pail
Kidsö has the kind of arrangement that would proudly bleed into an
undifferentiated splotch on previous albums, but here, the jazz-handed chorus
opens the possibility of Broken Social Scene as an up-with-people Earth, Wind
& Fire indie-soul revue. Immediately afterward, the subterranean rumbles of
the title track are a peek at what FeistÆs Pleasure mightÆve been with
fleshier arrangements. Affecting as it is on its own, it also serves as a
necessary segue between the ôVanity Pail Kidsö and the muted soul-baring of
the second half.
More so than Forgiveness Rock Record, Hug of Thunder presents Broken Social
Scene as a rock band making rock songs, a coherent montage rather than a
patched-together highlight reel. Any sort of industry leveling-up is probably
out of the question at this point for Broken Social Scene and the possibility
that theyÆre going for ôhitsö is entirely theoretical. TheyÆve never had a
problem sounding big, but the inevitable point on each record where Drew and
former producer David Newfeld couldnÆt keep their friends in check has always
been a subject of ôbug or feature?ö discussion. If not restraint, itÆs
possible that working with big-time producer Joe Chiccarelli (whose C.V.
includes Frank ZappaÆs JoeÆs Garage and Jason Mraz and everything in between)
actually provided boundaries. This is especially important as Hug of Thunder
starts to loosen its grip in the second half; this is how Broken Social Scene
albums usually play out, yet they forgo their typical Side B drift for some of
the band's most personable and emotionally urgent songwriting to date. ItÆs
also where the stakes of the album are set, confronting haters head-on: love
songs appealing to the disillusioned, grounding exercises for those with their
head in the clouds, finding common ground between ôCause=Timeö and ôAnthems
for a Seventeen Year Old Girl.ö
As if their short time on this earth is running out, the band spends the last
15 minutes of Hug of Thunder getting their point across as clearly as possible
on ôPlease Take Me With Youö and ôGonna Get Better,ö songs that add
ôplainspokenö and ôcompassionateö to their many modes. ôFutureÆs not what it
used to be, we still gotta go there,ö newest member Ariel Engle sings before
punning on the title: ôThings are gonna get better because they canÆt get any
worse.ö ItÆs the bandÆs most audacious dare to cynicsùof course it can get
worse, theyÆll say. ItÆs probably gotten worse in the time itÆs taken you to
read this far. But on the ensuing ôMouthguards of the Apocalypse,ö Drew speaks
to them like a wounded healer. HeÆs been there and heÆd rather kill his
friends than see them roll their eyes at a song like ôGonna Get Better.ö ôIÆm
trying for the living and IÆm staying so I can leave,ö he sings on the
recordÆs final words, underlining the message of communal uplift this band has
been transmitting for almost two decades: If you forgot it in people, donÆt
ever let it happen again.
[url]www.brokensocialscene.ca[/url]
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