BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE share first album in seven years - 'Hug of Thunder' - Stream

04 July 2017

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE will release their first new album in seven years, Hug of Thunder, on July 7th (via Arts & Crafts).

Ahead of the Forgiveness Rock Record follow-up’s official due date, the Canadian collective is streaming the entire album over at NPR.

Bandleader Kevin Drew assembled all 15 original members of BSS to feature on the new album. Contributions come from Feist, Metric’s Emily Haines and James Shaw, Stars’ Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, Brendan Canning, and new addition Ariel Engle.

Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, The Strokes) served as producer and mixing was handled by Shawn Everett.

The band was inspired to reconvene after the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015. “We wanted this to be unity, and we wanted this record to be all of us,” Drew remarked in a March interview on SiriusXM. “And that’s what it is. At this time and in the state of the world as it is, the one thing we knew we could do is come back as friends. […] It was important for all of us to come together because it’s the only thing we can politically do at this moment in time…”

Hug of Thunder was previewed by 'Halfway Home', 'Skyline', the title track, and a live performance of 'Stay Happy' on KCRW. Listen to the Feist-featuring 'Hug of Thunder' below, and hear the whole record at NPR.