![]() ![]() She’s a life force, one of the most incredible people. She has concerts in her home and backyard. She champions people and women and her daughter-a great drummer in an all-girl band. She’s born in Zimbabwe but she’s a white Jew, so she’s extremely interesting just from that perspective. If you knew Adrian, you’d realize how exciting that is. I live in Montreal, unlike the rest of the band. Like the enigmatic collective they are, Broken Social Scene came up with entertaining, story-driven answers that hold your attention the same way their songs do, all while placing an emphasis on good over evil in the most genuine of ways.ĭIGBOSTON: In your opinion, which casts a better light: the sun or the moon?ĭIGBOSTON: What do you consider your second home?ĮNGLE: My friend Adrian’s house in Toronto. To dig deeper into the band’s hyper-layered personality, we interviewed Engle for a round of Wheel of Tunes, a series where we ask bands questions inspired by their song titles. I think the music from the outside world has changed in seven years, but we didn’t necessarily feel it, and in turn it became a time to highlight the different people that have been a part of the band.” But the members of Broken Social Scene get together just to hang out. We all stay limber by making music outside of Broken Social Scene. “I don’t think we were nervous, because everyone in the band is actually friends,” she says over the phone. According to Ariel Engle, one of the newest singers to join the group, it was nonstop happiness that erased whatever anxieties could have bubbled up in the wake of a highly anticipated return. Not only did they succeed in that angle, but they saw an outpouring of inspiration as a unit. Broken Social Scene wanted to highlight the different members of the band from various incarnations over the years. Hug of Thunder is exactly as it sounds: a bold record that sees the supergroup embracing one another as well as their listeners, offering comfort imbued with strength, arguably at a time when the world needs it most. Now, nearly seven years later, they’re back with their fifth album in tow and an even stronger sense of life running underneath it all. In 2010, the band released its fourth album, Forgiveness Rock Record, and took over the House of Blues for a remarkable show. If you don’t know them by name, you certainly know several of their members-Feist, Emily Haines of Metric, Amy Millan of Stars, Charles Spearin of Do Make Say Think, or any of the other 19 members could ring a bell. Yet Canadian indie rock icons Broken Social Scene have managed to uphold their brand and unity over nearly two decades. ![]()
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