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1 |
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輸入 |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2017年07月07日 |
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規格品番 |
AC135CD |
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SKU |
827590135123 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:52:14
Audio Mixer: Shawn Everett. The fifth full-length outing from the substantial Toronto collective -- this iteration is 15 strong -- the aptly named Hug of Thunder is the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's Forgiveness Rock Record. A dense, soul-searching blast of civic-minded indie rock/alt-pop comfort food, the 12-track set is mired in the cultural and political miasma of its time, but Broken Social Scene have always been about community -- Kevin Drew has suggested in interviews that the 2015 terror attacks in Paris served as the impetus for the band's reconvening. Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, and Kevin Drew may serve as the group's ambassadors, but BSS are a ship requiring the whole crew to stay afloat, and Hug of Thunder is buoyant with inclusiveness and cautious hope. The shambolic, post-rock kissing cousins to fellow veteran Canadian pop army New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene's aural emissions may be less confectionary, but they're no less immediate. Forgoing some of the elongated, atmosphere-driven instrumentals that peppered prior outings (wordless opener "Sol Luna" clocks in at just over a minute), things escalate quickly with co-openers "Halfway Home" and "Protest Song," two of the punchiest things the band has offered up in years. They dial it back a bit on the dreamy, Drew-led "Skyline," a lush, midnight highway-ready affair that evokes the easy, classic rock vibe of the War on Drugs, but "Vanity Pail Kids" turns the power back on with a knotty, all-hands-on-deck electro-disco party that sees all three lead vocalists representing. However, it's the wordy, Feist-delivered title cut, a master class in balancing mood and melody, that delivers the album's finest moments, and the best distillation of what makes BSS so venerable. ~ James Christopher Monger
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1.Sol Luna
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2.Halfway Home
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3.Protest Song
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4.Skyline
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5.Stay Happy
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6.Vanity Pail Kids
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7.Hug of Thunder
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8.Towers and Masons
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9.Victim Lover
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10.Please Take Me With You
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11.Gonna Get Better
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12.Mouth Guards of the Apocalypse
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活動を休止していたカナダの大所帯バンドが6年ぶりに帰還! アーケイド・ファイア以上にフリーフォームな演奏×清涼感溢れる歌声、といった持ち味は本作でも変わらない。ホーンやストリングスを含むさまざまな音色が渾然一体となり、お祭り騒ぎの様相だ。しかし、"Protest Song"を筆頭に歌詞はいつになく政治的で、〈トランプ後の世界〉への怒りがくっきりと刻まれている。いま彼らが復活することは必然だったのかも?
bounce (C)上野功平タワーレコード (vol.405(2017年7月25日発行号)掲載)
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