broken social scene are set to release their latest record, as-yet untitled, on may 4th, 2010. this is the follow up to their acclaimed self-titled album , released back in 2005. the new album was written by the current line-up: kevin drew and brendan canning, justin peroff, charles spearin, andrew whiteman and sam goldberg, and lisa lobsinger.
some alumni will also be making some guest appearances on the album. these include leslie feist, amy millan and evan cranley of stars, emily haines and jimmy shaw of metric, jason collett, ohad benchetrit of do make say think and years, john crossingham, marty kinack, leon kingstone, and julie penner.
listeners will also be treated to some contributions from by john mcentire, the sea and cake’s sam prekop, tortoise’s doug mccombs, pavement’s spiral stairs, sebastian grainger, poi dog pondering’s susan bells, helen money’s alison chesley and the weakerthans’ jason tait.
as always, stay tuned for more information as soon as i get ahold of it.
lastly, broken social scene will be playing some upcoming shows. a special pre-sale is on now at GalleryAC.com for tickets to the US tour dates. the pre-sale for these tickets will end on friday feb 5th at 6pm eastern time. Click here for more info.
5/1 @ the fillmore, san francisco, ca
5/3 @ the henry fonda theatre, los angeles, ca
5/7 @ webster hall, new york, ny
5/13 @ brixton academy, london, uk
5/14 @ all tomorrow’s parties, minehead, uk
5/17 @ heaven, london, uk
5/18 @ melkweg, amsterdam, ne
5/19 @ bulgerhaus stollwerck, cologne, gr
5/21 @ la maroquinerie, paris, fr
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more info: www.brokensocialscene.ca