That BSS album is one I could just never get into… not even sure why
I had the album and sold it as it didn’t work for me. But then I found individual tracks trickling in via discover weekly and radio playlists on Spotify, and before I knew it I had “hearted” half the album. Revisited and the magic had been released.
Yeah it’s been at least a couple years since I gave it a try. Might be time to revisit with an open mind!
I remember reading about them in Spin and seeing a write up on Pitchfork as the buzz was building but the album first began to really connect with me was when I caught the video for “Cause=Time” on MTV2’s Subterranean at like 2AM sitting around my apartment alone high as fuck. The next day I downloaded the whole album are listened to incessantly for the rest of the summer.
Also, super important for making the Canadian Indie music scene a juggernaut during the 2000s.
The problem I had with BSS albums was it just sounded too damn cluttered for me. They were packing in (what seemed to be) excessive instrumentation and musicians in on a single song and it just sounded like a muddy mess at times. I ended up being more drawn to solo Kevin Drew songs and also one solo Brendan Canning album. Granted those albums are packed full of musicians as well. Maybe my recollection is completely off. It's been years since I played a BSS album.That BSS album is one I could just never get into… not even sure why
I already knew of Stars and Metric. But for some reason BSS eluded me.
If you can track down the self-titled that is also an excellent album.
Jason Collette I remember being really good, Amy Milan as well.
Don't feel bad, it was about two months ago I found that out as well when I realized that song hits different in your 40s and did some digging into Len.
Set Yourself on Fire is one of my constant repeats. It's a CD-R from college that still gets played in the car. Metric came from Scott Pilgrim v World OST... Now that's a soundtrack I need to own on vinyl.
I've seen it kicking around over the past year. Might be worth a search. Can't remember if it was an RSD release.
There's a 4LP picture disc version that has the soundtrack (featuring a lot of Beck) and the score composed by Nigel Godrich. I have both in mp3 but kinda want the physical media too. Edgar Wright vouches for it so I'm not worried about it being a picture version and all.
Idols of Exile? That album ruled so hard.
