It’s kind of like a hurdy gurdy, but it doesn’t have a crank. The nyckelharpa is a Swedish instrument I’d never heard of before. It is instinct, but it’s also a sense of exploration. Is it instinct for you in terms of what instrument you’ll play for any given song? Do you get a vibe like, “OK, I’m going to pick up the nyckelharpa for this one”? I guess I have to read the credits myself! The air spray thing (makes spraying noise) - it’s something that actually sounded like an ’80s drum-machine snare-drum sound, so we had to record it. Not only do you play electric guitar on Hug of Thunder, you’re also listed as playing “air spray percussion.” Uh, what is that, exactly? I have to ask you about something in the credits for the title track. The biggest problem we have is having too many ideas - which I think is a nice problem to have. Well, it is a bit of a challenge to get to all of the ideas into songs like that. So Victim Lover is the one with Amy and Kevin singing together, right? A good example is the vocal blend on a song like Victim Lover, where it makes me feel like I’m right there with you all in the studio while it was being recorded.Ĭharles Spearin: I have to remember that song title, because we had working titles for the songs while we were working on them, and then we had to come up with proper titles at the end of it (laughs). You have to start pulling it back a little bit.”ĭigital Trends called Spearin in his native Canada not long before BSS headed out on tour to discuss how having many instrumental options around you in the studio leads to inspiration, how Feist got the honor of naming the album, and why format shifts always breed nostalgia.ĭigital Trends: I like how you used the phrase “leaving space” to refer to the sound of BSS mixes, many of which you helped engineer for this album. “We’re piling more and more ideas into the songs, and then we have to go in and selectively remove certain things to make more space. “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. The band has since taken to Twitter to confirm details regarding their fifth studio album. The album’s title, track-list, and cover were leaked on the internet and the authenticity of the leak was later confirmed by Pitchfork. And there’s actually more records coming out this year than we’ve ever had before within our crew and it’s a beautiful thing.” Feisty! She’s on fire too,” they complimented. “It is about a family more than a band and some of us are much closer than others and we’ve stuck together through all this and we’ve been through so much.”įeist’s record on the band’s album is the record’s title-track and Broken Social Scene credit her for the name. “Well I think if you want to be a part of something then be a part of it,” the group said of their big return. In a new interview with Beats 1 and Zane Lowe, the band dished on getting back together and their collaboration with Feist. They last released their first-ever number one Canadian album “Forgiveness Rock Record” on May 4, 2010. The group have announced their plans to release “Hug of Thunder” on July 7. RELATED: Broken Social Scene Debut New Track On ‘The Late Show’ Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene are shaking up the music scene with their first album in seven years!
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