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  • Under the Radar

    BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

    Jul 21, 2017 5 minutes
    Words by Matt Conner | Photos by
    Norman Wong
    “You live a humble life and think, ‘Maybe our time came. We tried really hard to break through when things were easier logistically and financially and we never quite got there.’”
    – Kevin Drew

    Kevin Drew wasn’t sure anyone would care.

    The ringleader, if there must be one, for Broken Social Scene points to the calendar as his primary reason for doubt. Seven years have passed since the band’s last album, Forgiveness Rock Record , a near lifetime in the “here today, gone today” modern musical climate. Despite the success of that album, the myriad successful projects associated with the band, the supergroup status attached to the name Broken Social Scene, Drew needed some encouragement to believe the fans who were there in the past would be there again.

    It took those inside and outside of the band to convince Drew to rally the

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