stream Broken Social Scene's first album in 7 years, 'Hug of Thunder'

July 3, 2017

Broken Social Scene’s highly-anticipated new album Hug of Thunder, their first since 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record, is out Friday (7/7) via City Slang/Arts & Crafts. You’ve already heard “Stay Happy,” “Skyline,” title track “Hug of Thunder,” and “Halfway Home” (the last two both featuring Feist), and now you can stream the whole album early, via NPR.

Hug of Thunder features contributions from the aforementioned Feist, as well as Amy Millan and Evan Cranley of Stars, Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric, and the rest of BSS’s original 15 members. (Stars and Emily Haines have recently released new music of their own, too, and Feist’s great LP Pleasure came out earlier this year) It also includes new additions like Ariel Engle, who sings lead vocals on “Stay Happy” and plays in AroarA with BSS member Andrew Whiteman.

Broken Social Scene are on tour throughout the summer and fall, including The Meadows, Osheaga, and a few dates opening for Arcade Fire. See all of BSS’s upcoming tour dates below.

Broken Social Scene – 2017 Tour Dates
7-21-23-17 Edmonton, AB @ Interstellar Rodeo
8-05-17 Montreal, Quebec @ Osheaga
9/16/17 Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre ~
9/17/17 New York, NY @ Meadows Music & Art festival
9/19/17 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ~
9/21/17 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel ~
9/22/17 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *
9/24/17 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
9/26/17 Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman *
9/27/17 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater *
9/28/17 St. Paul, MN @ The Palace *
9/29/17 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom *
9/30/17 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
10/1/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater *
10/3/17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
10/5/17 Portland, ME @ State Theater *
10/6/17 New Haven, CT @ College Street *
10/7/17 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/21/17 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ~
10/23/17 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ~
10/24/17 Portland, WA @ Crystal Ballroom ~
10/26/17 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ~
10/28/17 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ~
11/1/17 Windsor, ON @ Family Credit Union #
11/3/17 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre #
11/4/17 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre #