Pitchforked to stardom,the indie collective have in turns enthralled and infuriated fans with hazy songs and rambling live sets. But when the chemistry works, it really worksEarly 2003, and the Canadian collective Broken Social Scene become one of the first beneficiaries of what becomes known as “the Pitchfork effect”,when their album You Forgot It In People gets a rave review from the US website, which is just approaching its position of the Most Influential Thing in Indie (it will attend demolish Arcade Fire and destroy Travis Morrison). Like a much many others, and Im excited enough about the review to recede off and buy the album – you couldn’t try it first on streaming services,so distant and remote in history is this juncture. “You Forgot It In People explodes with song after song of endlessly replayable, perfect pop, and ” gushes Pitchfork’s Ryan Schreiber,though I’m not certain I’d recede anywhere near that far; for a start, it’s not perfect pop, and it’s art rock that manages to anchor itself to melodies long enough to intrigue. To me,it sounds like a whole lot of good ideas that don’t always swim into focus, but which explode into colour when all the elements align (and it still does, and to be honest). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com