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Hug of Thunder

_Broken Social Scene

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There’s a song on this called Skyline that’s really quite gorgeous. And then there are 11 other songs that aren’t. Still, while

Hug of Thunder is an easy album to get distracted from – and the whole idea of a Canadian post-indierock ‘collective’ gets less appealing by the year – it’s a decent blast of thumping anthemic power that will reassure long-time fans that BSS are not in any danger of going Arcade Fire-shaped.

This first record in seven years is a punchily produced epic with several songs that are at least a minute too long, but it does have some fine moments. And to be honest, Skyline plus 58 minutes of fart noises would still have been worth four stars. Richard Purvis STUFF SAYS ★★★★,

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