Broken Social Scene

Cryptic humor

by Erick Trickey

posted 11/1/2006

Some songs by Broken Social Scene are mood music, edgy yet soothing, atmospheric postrock. Then the Canadian indie-rock collective hits you with cacophonies that are so packed with dueling sounds, so boisterous and brash, you're sure you can hear all seventeen-plus members of the band on one track, and you can imagine a bunch of indie-rock cheerleaders

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