Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

There comes a point in a music snob's life, perhaps once or twice, where you think you've heard it all. The advent of my first 'know-it-all' moment was hearing You Forgot It in People. What sort of a name is Broken Social Scene. They can't be any good. But to hear 'Cause = Time' is a defining moment for what came to be modern alternative music. This is a perfect record. It has the breadth of material to entertain its listener for a lifetime. Stuck on that desert island? Bring this album and some water. For Kevin Drew & co. musicality itself is born in the bifurcating duo of 'Looks Just Like the Sun' ('After this, Kevin/Kevin, after this') and 'Pacific Theme'. For those of us who grew up a little bit with this record, it's lyrics like 'I swear I drank your piss last night to see if I could live' (as on 'Lover's Spit') that tell you life is demoralising and demeaning, but it can be the making of something good - You Forgot It in People. (Daniel Greenwood)