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Wednesday, 01 February 2006 |
 Broken Social Scene - '7/4 Shoreline' single
Released 27 March 2006 on CD, 7" and download
City Slang / Arts & Crafts | arts-crafts.ca / cityslang.com
Toronto's Broken Social Scene have blazed into 2006 in impressive style, with a breathtaking shower of critical acclaim greeting the release of their self-titled third album.
The band now announce a single, the bold, breezy and magnificent '7/4 Shoreline', featuring Leslie FEIST on vocals, to be released in the aftermath of their February UK tour.
Having floored audiences at two stunning London shows in late 2005, which were raved about in The Times, The Observer, The Guardian and The Independent, Broken Social Scene return with their staggering two hours + epic live excursion. It's all there... the anthemic pop-rock ensembles, layers of shimmering sound and texture, insidious vocal hooks, arm-raising horn sections, even hushed quiet moments to catch your breath.
There is NO SUPPORT ACT for the tour! Just pure Broken Social Scene bliss all night long. They are "a feast of frentic, euphoric music" (4*, The Guardian), "they somehoiw manage to reinvent the wheel again" (4*, The Independent), not to mention being "a band blissfully bereft of sonic templates" (4* The Times). Do not miss!
Broken Social Scene will return in May at the behest of Dinosaur Jr for the All Tomorrows Parties festival, and for a one-off headline show at Koko in London. Dates below.
Broken Social Scene February 2006 tour dates
Wednesday 8 February London ASTORIA £12.50 Seetickets.Com
Friday 10 February Belfast Speakeasy £8.50
Saturday 11 February Dublin Temple Bar Music Centre €13/€15 +353 1 478 0225
Monday 13 February Nottingham Rescue Rooms £8.50 Seetickets.Com
Tuesday 14 February Manchester Academy 2 £8.50 T: 0161 275 2930
Wednesday 15 February Birmingham Academy 2 £8.50 T: 0870 771 2000
Thursday 16 February Leeds Faversham £8.50 T: 0113 243 1481
Friday 17 February Glasgow Art School £8.50 T: 0141 353 4530 Seetickets.Com
Sunday 19 February Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms £8.50 T: 023 9286 3911
Sunday 21 May Camber Sands, ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES (Dinosaur Jr day)
Monday 22 May London Koko £13.50 seetickets.com
Broken Social Scene press quotes:
"Triumphant" 4/5 Uncut ALBUM OF THE MONTH
"beautiful and earth-expandingly awesome – an album of infinite energy and detail" 4.5/5 The Fly ALBUM OF THE MONTH
"joyous" Word ALBUM OF THE MONTH
"pop prophets" 4/5 The Independent ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"Stunning third album from Toronto's underground supergroup… an effervescent rush of melody, invention and magic" 4/5 Mojo
"Classic noisy indie rock that people will be talking about for years to come" 10/10 Vice
"reveals new depths with every airing… Kevin Drew's fractured semi-falsetto is always anchored by a heavyweight groove that frequently defies resistance" 4/5 The Times
"euphoric and woozy… could well do for in 2006 what Funeral did for Arcade Fire last year" 4/5 Observer Music Monthly
"combines grandeur with intimacy and multi-textured invention with effortless pop nous" 4* Time Out
"a rich and rewarding tapestry of sound… extraordinary" 4/5 The Sun
"the most widely anticipated record of the year… This is an album that pricks your senses, makes you laugh and cry and fall in love all over again" 9/10 Drowned In Sound
"electrifying" 4/5 Daily Mail
"truly wonderful" Daily Express
"a triumphant racket" The Guardian
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