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Band: Broken Social Scene -
Album: You Forgot It In People
Released: October 2002.
Difference is what keeps life interesting. Like waking up every morning to a bowl of cornflakes and the rain, and then one morning waking up to the glorious sunshine, a soft spring wind, and a BSS album. It's not like anything I've ever bought before. This album brings together some of the most creative musical talents in the Toronto indie scene to make a stunning world of engaging and panoramic sound that contains some of the best songs of the year. The album really gets going when second track 'KC Accidental' kicks in with its vibrant tones of joyful escape that sets the inspiring scene for this album. This immediately gives way to the strongest radio-friendly track 'Stars And Sons' before 'Almost Crimes' waves of brilliance flood over the listener showing how modern alt rock should sound if your keeping on top of your game. 'Looks Just Like The Sun' and 'Pacific Theme' then bring the listener back to the lazy spring day where he started before the first half ends with the beautiful and climbing 'Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl' that combines a child-like vocal repitition('Used to be one of the rotten ones, and I liked you for that, but now your all gone got you makeup on, and your not coming back') with a subtle bluegrass riff and building orchestral arrangement. The standout track 'Cause = Time' then restarts the album with a beyond cool indie grower that further destins this band for critical greatness and beyond. The only complaint I have about this album is that maybe a few of the instrumental fillers could have been left out in place of a few more songs, for example while 'Shampoo Suicide' is a great instrumental it could have been a better song. The two final songs 'Lovers Spit' and 'I'm Still Your Fag' let the listener glide out on another stream of pure pop warmth and begin to reveal the whole as something of a minor masterpiece. 'Pitter Patter Goes My Heart' recalls the soft stringed power of the first side closer and maybe finishes just slightly too soon. Overall this is an album that isn't likely to be bettered this year, not just as a collection songs, but as an album with such musical feeling and flow, it's hard not to love Broken Social Scene.
(10/06/03 Paul Ward)
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