Pullin’ ‘Tubes: If It Ain’t Broke

It seems hard to believe that it’s been five years since Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene released their self-titled third album. Since then, BSS’s individual members have gone on to find success on their own with the likes of Leslie Feist, Kevin Drew, Jason Collett – as well as members of Metric, Stars and Apostle Of Hustle – all having logged time in the band. After putting out a couple of albums under the Broken Social Scene Presents moniker, the Toronto-based act is back with their latest offering Forgiveness Rock Record via their longtime label, Arts & Crafts.

The album features songs written by the band’s recent core six members – Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin and Sam Goldberg, but features guest appearances from just about every BBS alumni you can name. The band recently stopped by the The Late Show jamming an even dozen band members onto the stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater for this performance of Forced To Love…

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Broken Social Scene kick off their lengthy world tour on May 1 at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco, and includes stops at the Pitchfork Festival in mid-July and a tour closing show at Central Park Summerstage on Sept. 18.