Broken Social Scene cast an abstract web of dream pop, shoegaze, and indie rock for their debut album, Feel Good Lost.
Essentially, it's an album of instrumentals.
The title itself hints at the collective's effort in composing a lush soundscape of strings, brass, guitars, and pianos with an added dash of electronic beats.
Songs such as "Guilty Cubicles" and "Blues for Uncle Gibb" alone showcase the band's well-crafted mind trip.
For a first album, though, Broken Social Scene's care in allowing each song to breathe without the constructs of fancy production and contrived lyrics is what makes the dozen-track selection so impressive.
It's expressive without expressing too much.
Broken Social Scene leave it up to the mixture of instruments to draw upon some kind of palette.
From the layered warbling of "Stomach Song" to the majestic horn arrangements of the gossamer "Passport Radio," the intricacies of Feel Good Lost find a band focused on creating an inventive style of music as well as a group that is insanely ambitious.
It might not catch on with indie rock fans right away and it will most likely be an overlooked debut, but its breadth shows promise.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBCBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Guilty CubiclesBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 3 | Love and MathematicsBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:44 | 13 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Passport RadioBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:45 | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | Alive in 85Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:14 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | Prison ProvinceBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 01:42 | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| 7 | Blues for Uncle GibbBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 06:59 | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Stomach SongBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | MossbrakerBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | Feel Good LostBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 01:51 | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| 11 | Last PlaceBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 08:26 | 19 MB | 39 MB |
| 12 | Cranley's Gonna Make ItBrendan Canning, Kevin Drew | Broken Social Scene | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 59 mins | 136 MB | |||||
| 59 mins | 269 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohad Benchetrit | Mixing |
| 2 | Cecilia Berkovic | Cover Art |
| 3 | Broken Social Scene | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Brendan Canning | Bass, Composer, Drum Programming, Executive Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Producer, Sampling, Writer |
| 5 | Evan Cranley | Guest Artist, Trombone |
| 6 | Stephen Crowhurst | Back Cover |
| 7 | Kevin Drew | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Producer, Sampling, Writer |
| 8 | Joe English | Design, Layout Design |
| 9 | Leslie Feist | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 10 | Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson | Guest Artist, Trumpet |
| 11 | Noah Mintz | Mastering |
| 12 | Jessica Moss | Guest Artist, Violin |
| 13 | Justin Peroff | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 14 | Bill Priddle | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 15 | Anthony Seck | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 16 | Charles Spearin | Banjo, Guest Artist, Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |