

Backing vocals are ghostly while strings and electronic rhythms are nearly colorless. It explores more of a dark-colored side to the band's typically glossy pop. single for "Stars and Sons," is a song like that. "Time = Cause," which coincided with the U.K. The listener should sense Broken Social Scene's earnest approach in experimenting with their lo-fi-induced style of sound throughout Bee Hives therefore, the distinctive arrangement of each song will be as interesting as each one unfolds. Dressed in a hushing mix of guitars, organs, and synth beats, "hHallmark" and "Ambulance for the Ambience" are two charming tracks recorded in between Feel Good Lost and You Forgot It in People. Brendan Canning, Charles Spearin, Kevin Drew, and the wispy vocals of Emily Haines had to have helped their friend earn a top grade, for the dreamy soundscape that is "Backyards" is surely a standout in the band's catalog. The twangy banjo licks of "Backyards" were specially recorded as a project for one of Broken Social Scene's friends in art school. Recorded for their friends, the nine-song selection is essentially an album of instrumentals however, it captures different shades and moods of the band's thus-far five-year career quite nicely.

A Juno Award for best alternative album and a successful North American tour later, Broken Social Scene issue a delightful collection of B-sides, Bee Hives. The New York Times.It wasn't until Toronto's Arts & Crafts label released Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People in early summer 2003 that the band's experimental indie pop caught on in America.


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Awards and reviews Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĪt the 2006 Juno Awards it won the award for Alternative Album of the Year. She warns against "scouring the pages for thinly disguised characterizations of Kevin Drew, Emily Haines or Amy Millan". Although Kaslik stated "It's definitely based on a world that I know", she brushed off claims that the connection goes very deep, saying "it would be mistaken and scurrilous to try to identify individual people". Kaslik attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts with members of the band and helped them on their first tour of Canada and the United States. It is also suggested that Broken Social Scene is used as basis for a band that appears in Kaslik's second novel The Angel Riots, about a rising indie rock band from Montreal. The song "Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)" refers to Canadian novelist Ibi Kaslik, a friend of the band. Additionally, the original artwork was to be a cartoon rendition of Pangaea, which was later scrapped in favor of the current artwork drawn by lead singer Kevin Drew. The album was originally to be titled Windsurfing Nation.
