One by one the other eight members returned to the stage quietly, picked up their instruments, fueling suspense as Drew’s solo wound down. As his strong voice resonated throughout the concert hall, singing the lyrics of “Lover’s Spit,” a track from You Forgot It In People, the heads in the audience nodded to the pulse. The band dispersed at one point, leaving Kevin Drew, one of the founding members of BSS, alone on stage at his keyboard, playing a somber and eclectic beat. With blue lights softening Lisa Lobsinger’s beautifully melodic soprano during the song “All to All”, everyone in the crowd was mesmerized. The band primarily played tracks off of their newest album and also leaned heavily on You Forgot It In People, which, along with Broken Social Scene’s self-titled album, has won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year.Ī big kudos to the light technician for Broken Social Scene, who designed a lively, well-timed and entertaining light show that truly enhanced the atmosphere and tones of each song. Playing at least one song from each of its four full-length albums, Feel Good Lost (2001), You Forgot It In People (2002), Broken Social Scene (2005) and Forgiveness Rock Record (2010), the set list was diversified enough to please indie rock fans of each of the band’s different musical eras.Īt several points during the show, audience members screamed out “I love the set list” and “the set list is awesome,” proving that the majority of attendees were thrilled with the variety of songs the band chose to perform during their two hours on stage. With so many band members, 10 of whom played on Tuesday, it’s as though Broken Social Scene is at the center of a web from which all of these phenomenal artists and musicians branch away to perform their other musical endeavors, only to come back and display a massive surge of talent on one stage.
The group’s chemistry comes from years of friendship and work-relationships, including four full-length albums, which sound even better live. The band generates big sounds from big talent.īroken Social Scene produced a spectacular and powerful energy during its live performance at the Calvin from the moment those instruments were placed into the hands of the band’s talented musicians. To anyone who has ever listened to a Broken Social Scene album, their indie sound is constantly defined by its elaborate combination of a multitude of instruments, both traditional and unusual, and its ever-expanding members’ list. The word ‘grand’ should not ring any association with fancy, fine dining or upper-class experiences in any way.
Seeing Broken Social Scene at the Calvin Theater in Northampton last Tuesday night left Shaina Mishkin/CollegianĪudience members with this simple fact in mind: the band likes to do things on a grand scale.
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