Now that Broken Social Scene is through Presenting Kevin Drew, the collective can move on to Presenting other people who make music. But first, what exactly constitutes a Broken Social Scene Presents billing? From what we can tell, the artist in question must:
- be a member of Broken Social Scene
- have lots of people from Broken Social Scene and/or Canada do cameos on the solo record in question
- have a beard
So with KD out of the way, BSS take the logical next step of pimping the wares of one Brendan Canning, Broken Social bassist and Kevin’s tour mate throughout his Spirit If…ing. In fact, we first heard a Brendan tune at McCarren Pool, in the midst of Drew’s set opening for Feist. That day we were worried about Brendan’s vocal presence, but this track from the forthcoming Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning: Something For All Of Us… has us thinking the studio, mutlple takes and multiple tracking’s been very kind to him.
Brendan Canning – “Hit The Wall” (MP3)
“Hit The Wall”’s got the raggedy guitar racket, hi-hat grooving, and busy high-register bass that marks many Broken Social Scene jams, and the LP’s guest list (remember the rules for being a BSS Presents…) helps explain why: expect contributions from Broken Social Scenesters Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Jason Collett, Lisa Lobsinger, Apostle of Hustler Andrew Whiteman, Ohad Benchetrit, Stars’ Amy Millan, Metric’s James Shaw, Liam O’Neill, and even Land of Talk’s Lizzie Powell (she’s Canadian, so it counts).
Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning: Something For All Of Us… is out 7/22 via Arts & Crafts. The artwork fits the Spirit If… aesthetic, and it goes even deeper: If you hit Brendan’s site, there’s an infinite video scene reminiscent of Kevin Drew’s ceral-and-porn munching loop. Only Brenand’s clip features him gawking at a different sort of money shot. Check it, and here’s your tracklist:
01 “Something For All Of Us”
02 “Chameleon”
03 “Hit The Wall”
04 “Snowballs And Icicles”
05 “Churches Under The Stairs”
06 “Love Is New”
07 “Antique Bull”
08 “All The Best Wooden Toys Come From Germany”
09 “Possible Grenade”
10 “Been At It So Long”
11 “Take Care, Look Up”
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This song’s crazy good. This record should be completely awesome, and probably better than Kevin Drew’s
Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set played with Kevin Drew on that tour as well. I am hoping they will give him his own BSS Presents…
Sounds good!
Will have a listen.
a cuppa tea and a lie down…cute.
As a long-time fan of pretty much anything members of BSS do, looks like I won’t be disappointed.
Saw these guys at SXSW. they were pretty good. A band I liked that took the stage after them was better. It was a band called HTR. http://www.myspace.com/HTR
other than the drumming this doesn’t sound like any other BSS song, except maybe towards the end… it’s alright.
Just you wait till Broken Social Scene Presents… Charles Spearin
That dude? ALWAYS ROCKIN THE MUSTACHE
I’m stoked for Something for All of Us, but I’m waiting for BSS Presents. . . Justin Peroff. Man’s a genius.
Broken Social Scene Presents…Ohad Benchetrit.
It’s not like DMST get any recognition.
HTR better than BSS? That’s BSS…This single is amazing can’t wait for the album
BSS Presents Charles Spearin, otherwise known as The Happiness Project, got its first live airing in the lastminute support slot for BSS in Dublin last night. Spearin spent last summer chatting to his neighbours and recording the results, and then went looking for the melodies in their speech. He tracked a bunch of instruments (harp, flugelhorn, piano) on top and he and the BSS sax player jammed over the results on stage. It may sound like a wanky art installation, but the results were surprisingly beautiful. The last piece, Victoria, used a sample of his neighbour – a woman who had been deaf since birth but just had cochlear implants – talking about what it was like to hear for the first time. By the end of it Brendan Canning and Evan Cranley had joined in for an impromptu jam session. Gorgeous.
spin mag’s got “churches under the stairs” streaming here: http://www.spin.com/articles/brendan-canning
if that song is any indication it’s gonna be another great album from the bss crew…