Earlier today I heard the song “Backed Out on the…” by Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene’s co-founder Kevin Drew. The song is off the album Spirt If…, the first installment in the series entitled Broken Social Scene Presents: that highlights albums by member’s solo projects. So far, only Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning have contributed to the Broken Social Scene Presents series.
Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
Released in fall of 2007, Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew Spirit If landed at #113 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on Top Heatseekers. The song “Backed Out on the…” hit #33 on Rolling Stones list of 100 best songs of 2007.
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I want to talk about Broken Social Scene, one of the most influential, and generative musical groupings of the indie music scene. The Canadian indie rock band originates from Ontario, Canada, hitting the Toronto indie scene in 2005. This collective group of more than twenty members, has featured some of the best indie artists of the decade, like Leslie Feist of Grammy nominated Feist. Also Kevin Drew, Emily Haines and Jason Collett, all of whom have their own accomplished bands and side projects that have added greatly to the music of this generation.
When I saw Broken Social Scene back in August at Outside Lands here in San Francisco, I had no idea that so many people were capable of making such diverse sound harmonize. It was awe inspiring. You can see for your self beginning January 30th in Dallas, Texas. Check out tour Information on their site.
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