Since then the email chains have grown (Canning says it takes thousands of emails to organize everything it takes for a new Broken Social Scene record release), but the mission remains the same. We tried really hard to break through when things were easier logistically and financially and we never quite got there.’”įortunately the voices outside eventually overpowered the internal ones and Drew set out to do what he’s done every few years since he and a few others recorded Feel Good Lost in 2001. You live a humble life and think, ‘Maybe our time came. Charlie and I were on the fence because you don’t know anymore if people care. He was coming to Toronto and meeting with the guys. If we’re going to do this, we’re going to want new material.’ Joe Chiccarelli was also really pushing for us to make a record with him. “Charles called me the next day and said, ‘I just want to play shows now.’ Within that, Brendan was also really adamant about saying, ‘Let’s record a new record then. “After that horrible night in Paris where you feel not only for all of the families involved, the fans, the venue, and the band, you also feel for this idea that just hit so close to home,” says Drew. It also took a moment of legitimate terror to strike a communal chord. It took those inside and outside of the band to convince Drew to rally the musical troops.
Despite the success of that album, the myriad successful projects associated with the band, the supergroup status attached to the name Broken Social Scene, Drew needed some encouragement to believe the fans who were there in the past would be there again.
Seven years have passed since the band’s last album, Forgiveness Rock Record, a near lifetime in the “here today, gone today” modern musical climate. The ringleader, if there must be one, for Broken Social Scene points to the calendar as his primary reason for doubt. Kevin Drew wasn’t sure anyone would care.
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