![]() ![]() The instrumentation and vocals in the track are so beautiful and wonderfully distracting, that it took me several listens to realize that there are only 4 lyrics in this track. It’s a lush track, complete with acoustic strumming of guitars with a great shimmery ambient layer floating in behind. The track, ‘Skyline’ is one of my favorites on this album. The bridge in this track is dramatic and pretty great. It’s a driving track with superb drumming and guitar/bass work. ‘Protest Song’ follows with Emily Haines on lead vocals. The horns that come in near the end of this track are incredible. ![]() It’s a hard-hitting track, with beautiful arrangements and vocal harmonies. It’s a quiet before the storm since the track that follows, ‘Halfway Home’, blasts it way through the sonic highway. The album starts out with an ambient, instrumental track entitled, ‘Sol Luna’. PROTEST SONG BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE LYRICS FULLA celebration of many musical genres, Hug of Thunder will leave you hopeful and full of inspiration. ![]() Not a surprise as the album includes contributions from all fifteen original members plus new guest vocalist Ariel Engle (AroarA). Songs sung in unison forming a unified front that pushes the ugliness of the world out and blasts the hope back in. The album is rich and full of ambient textures, orchestral arrangements and great walls of sound. Leading up to the release, the band have already given fans a taste of the album by premiering three of the twelve tracks off the album, and what an album it is. The album is called Hug of Thunder and it releases July 7, 2017. Especially when their last release was seven years ago. It’s a pretty big deal when a band that is as well regarded as Broken Social Scene is, announces an album release. ![]()
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