“Often, we end up having too many ideas, even when we’re holding back,” Spearin admitted. That said, the BSS creative team has to be mindful of coming up with too many parts for too many cooks, so to speak. We keep it in the back of our minds where we say, ‘OK, Evan Cranley is going to come in and record on this one, so we need to leave some space in there so he can pour his own ideas into it.’” “When we’re writing a song, we try not to crowd it with our own ideas.
“As a band, we’re used to leaving space for other musicians,” Spearin told Digital Trends. This fact not lost on BSS multi-instrumentalist Charles Spearin. No fewer than 18 players - including mainstays Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, along with alt-rock icon Leslie Feist, who last performed on a BSS record more than a decade ago - contributed to Hug’s rich sonic tapestry.
Take the band’s first new album in seven years: the oh-so-aptly named Hug of Thunder, out now on Arts & Crafts in various formats. If anything, the perennially supercool Canadian collective is a harmonious family that reconvenes every few years to make beautiful music together - and the more of them who join in on the process, the merrier. I happen to think Broken Social Scene has one of the most ironic names in modern rock. People are listening to more records because something’s missing from the endless catalog of MP3s.” “Vinyl came back because there’s a quality to it that’s really satisfying.
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