ARTIST: Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning
TITLE: Something For All of Us...
LABEL: Arts and Crafts
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 197kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 48m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-07-22
RIP DATE: 2008-06-26
Track List
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1. Something For All Of Us... 5:34
2. Chameleon 4:52
3. Hit The Wall 4:50
4. Snowballs and Icicles 2:48
5. Churches Under The Stairs 4:19
6. Love Is New 4:06
7. Antique Bull 3:42
8. All The Best Wooden Toys Come 2:52
From Germany
9. Possible Gernade 4:39
10. Been At It So Long 5:09
11. Take Care, Look Up 5:17
Release Notes:
This summer, were thrilled to present you with the next installment of the
Broken Social Scene Presents series- an incredible album by half of BSS core
duo, Brendan Canning, entitled Something For All of Us... Written and recorded
over the last year and a half, Something for All of Us... is a very different
album to the series first release, last falls Kevin Drews Spirit If....
Something For All of Us... is a dream-fragment-filled, euphoria-inducing,
shimmering piece of musical goodness, and contains songs that will undoubtedly
become Broken Social Scene favorites within their vast catalogue.
But lets not get ahead of ourselves. Lets start with how this record came to
be. In January 2007, Brendan Canning started to amass the songs he had written
over time into a coherent, album-like shape, recording in between score
work/music contribution for feature films (including Half Nelson, the upcoming
Time Travelers Wife and others), DJ gigs, soccer practice and more. The fact
that he was singing his own songs is interesting to note, since Canning,
although a vital creative force within Social Scene, had only previously acted
as the frontman on three songs in the bands repertoire - "Stars and Sons" on
You Forgot It In People, "Handjobs for the Holidays" on Broken Social Scene, and
a b-side called "Market Fresh." One listen to Something For All of Us... shows
how naturally this role fits Canning; his honeyed voice suits numerous styles
and instrumentation, and his melodies are unfaltering in their excellence. Where
collaborator Kevin Drew pushed the boundaries of his aural imagination with
colorful explosions of sound on Spirit If..., Canning molds his tones into
flickering, smoldering, sugared songs, driven by propulsive drums, bass-heavy
choruses and fuzzy, space-tinged guitars. And did we mention he invited some
friends to come by and play on the album as well?
Recorded and produced in Toronto by Canning along with Ryan Kondrat and John La
Magna, guest appearances by Stars Amy Milan, Metrics James Shaw, Jason
Collett, Land of Talks Liz Powell, and fellow Broken Social Scene mates Kevin
Drew, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Ohad Benchetrit and more, Something For
All of Us... ultimately reveals the many facets of Cannings personality, as
well as his record collection. Its eleven tracks are informed equally by his
time spent in love with early 90s indie heroes Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr.
(see: "Hit the Wall"), or as an active Toronto disco/house DJ (the spiky cowbell
of "Love is New"), or as a bedroom electronic producer (the glitch-tronic
instrumental "All the Best Wooden Toys Come From Germany") or as a guy who can
just write a fantastic song that doesnt require bells and whistles (the soft
winter haze of "Snowballs & Icicles"). Insta- anthem "Churches Under the Stairs"
is simply classic Broken Social Scene, while "Antique Bull" balances on the
vocal duet of Canning and Broken Social Scene/Apostle of Hustle collaborator
Lisa Lobsinger, whose voices blend seamlessly against stark piano chords and
shuffling acoustic guitars. "Take Care, Look Up," layers keyboard hums with
Brendans melancholic delivery and a bed of electric guitar strums, quietly
ending the record.
Songs from Something For All of Us... will be included during Broken Social
Scenes live show. As of now, the band will be playing select shows throughout
the summer, including special stops at this years Bonnaroo Festival,
Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Festival.