VIMTV Episode #153: Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record

Jake: Recommended, 75/100

Tom: Recommended, 74/100

Overview: Forgiveness Rock Record has a lot of interesting things going on. Vocalists regularly swapping the spotlight, the mood switching between carefree and sentimental nearly every song, and additional instrumentalists coming and going amongst the occasional garnish of electronic effects. Most of the songs are very very good, but the only thing holding it back is the few unnecessary songs that detract from the listen rather than add to it. This album gets lengthy, and it just isn’t justified– but at the same time, what’s there that’s good is simply too good to deny.

Recommended Similar Artists: Mew, MGMT, Secret Machines

Jake’s Track Picks: 

• 4. Forced to Love
• 5. All to All
• 9.  Meet Me in the Basement

Tom’s Track Picks: 

• 3. Texico Bitches
• 5. All To All
• 10. Sentimental X’s

VIMTV Research Links:

• Broken Social Scene Band Website
• Wikipedia – Broken Social Scene
• Broken Social Scene Myspace
• Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record reviews at Metacritic

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