You Forgot In People

"You Forgot It In People" by Broken Social Scene
Indie 2002 Arts & Crafts



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Broken Social Scene (BSS) has been one of the flag bearers of the 00's Indie movement, especially the Canadian sector, that being Stars, Metric, Apostles of Hustle, Feist, and Tokyo Police Club. BSS is a legendary super group of members of all of these bands (except TPC). Sometimes live acts get up to 19 members on-stage, albums reaching even more than that in appearances.

This is the album that brought them to the forefront, and for good reason. "You Forgot In People" is one of those albums that you feel like you need no other albums. Ranging in energies, dynamics, and styles.

Early songs in the album are high energy and catchy songs, "Stars and Sons" and "Cause=Time". The latter half is a more intimate venture through jazz and folk, "I'm Still Your Fag" and "Lover's Spit". Only a few bands in recent musical history mix genres so well but still keep their "sound," the other band that comes to mind is Yo La Tengo.

Another song that really stands out is the "Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl" that features Metric singer Emily Haines singing about the pressures and the "no rest" lifestyle of being a seventeen year old girl while beautifully crafted string arrangements accompany it in the back.

Few bands sound as well crafted and focused as Broken Social Scene, every line sounds intentional and well thought out. With 18 appearing musicians on this album, it's hard to believe that anybody could pull it together quite as well as these guys.

For Listeners Of: Metric, Stars, Feist, Tokyo Police Club, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Indie, Animal Collective