The new Broken Social Scene album is imminent. This much you know, along with knowing that the collective’s pared down to a relatively lean six-member core for its sessions, and that “the new record is, like all Broken Social Scene albums, a record driven by love.” Aww! Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman, Sam Goldberg, and Lisa Lobsinger are its principal love apostles, it was recorded in Toronto and produced by the band and John McEntire in Chicago, and the list of “guests” comprises half of Toronto. Now we’re another phase deeper into its guaranteed invasion of Blogger Mindspace V.2010 with what it looks like (that’s the art), what it’s called (Forgiveness Rock Record, jam), and what it partially sounds like via “World Sick” (expansive, uplifting, dramatic, melodic, in other words a BSS song, and a good one at that). Headphones up, put on repeat, then do whatever you do when listening to heart-swelling bliss jams:





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Forgiveness Rock Record is out 5/4 via Arts & Crafts.

03/14 – Elkton, FL @ Harvest of Hope

03/18 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s BBQ

03/19 – Austin, TX @ The Parish

05/01 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

05/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre

05/07 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall

05/13 – London, England @ Brixton Academy ^

05/14 – Minehead, England @ All Tomorrow’s Parties

05/17 – London, England @ Heaven

05/18 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg

05/19 – Cologne, Germany @ Burgerhaus Stollwerck

05/21 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie

05/23 – Linz, Austria @ LinzFest

05/24 – Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus

05/27 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Festival

05/29 – George, WA @ Sasquatch

06/19 – Toronto, Ontario @ Toronto Island ^%

^ w/ Pavement

% w/ Band of Horses