Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew has hinted at a summer release date for the band’s next album in a new interview with George Stroumboulopoulos on the Strombo Show. “I'm looking to get back on stage with my family and connect with the people,” he said. “We have to finish it, obviously, just a small thing called finishing... I think that we're thinking summer [release].”

Drew goes on to discuss reforming Broken Social Scene in the wake of the Paris attacks last November. “The whole reason we got back together was after the shootings in Paris. Everyone sort of got on the phone within the small tribe of us and said, ‘I want to play some shows,’” he said. “It is interesting because someone told me that A Tribe Called Quest, that was sort of their story too. I think that just effected a lot of people because it was so close to home. So close to home.” Elsewhere in the interview, Drew also talks about the Tragically Hip and working with Gord Downie. Check out the full thing here.

This past July, the news broke that Broken Social Scene were working on the follow-up to 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record. It was later also revealed that Feist was involved in the recording of the new album.

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