After a nine‑year studio hiatus, Broken Social Scene returns with a new record arriving in early May — and a fresh single that frames the album’s themes around identity and self-expression. The band’s latest track previews what longtime fans can expect from Remember the Humans and points to a busy summer of touring for the Canadian collective.
The new song, titled “Hey Amanda”, follows lead single “Not Around Anymore”. Band members describe the track as a meditation on staying true to yourself amid outside doubt — a throughline that threads the group’s upcoming LP. The song is now streaming across usual platforms.
Where this fits in Broken Social Scene’s timeline
Remember the Humans is scheduled for release on May 8 via Arts & Crafts, marking Broken Social Scene’s first full-length studio album since 2017’s Hug of Thunder. In the years between, the collective issued two volumes of the Let’s Try the After EPs in 2019 and compiled rarities on 2022’s Old Dead Young. This new record is therefore both a return and a continuation of an intermittent but steady output.
The record’s arrival is notable not just for fans of the band but for the broader indie-rock landscape: Broken Social Scene helped define a looser, collaborative model for large, rotating groups in Canada’s music scene, and a new album from them often sets a tone for peers and successors.
- Album: Remember the Humans
- Release date: May 8
- Label: Arts & Crafts
- New singles: “Not Around Anymore” and “Hey Amanda”
- Recent past releases: Let’s Try the After (EPs, 2019); Old Dead Young (compilation, 2022)
- Tour partners: Metric and Stars (North American dates planned)
Tour plans and company on the road
Later this year the band will tour North America in a joint package with Metric and Stars. That co‑billing brings additional momentum: Metric themselves are releasing a new LP, Romanticize the Dive, on April 24, setting up a string of festival and arena stages where all three acts could reach wider audiences.
For listeners, the tour and new album together mean more opportunities to hear the band’s evolving arrangements live — and to hear how the many voices that make up Broken Social Scene translate the record’s themes onstage.
Why this matters now
Broken Social Scene’s return is more than nostalgia. The band has influenced a generation of indie acts with its communal approach to songwriting and performance. A new studio album after nearly a decade refocuses attention on that model, and on how established collectives adapt to today’s music economy: releasing EPs, curating compilations and then re‑emerging with full albums tied to touring cycles.
Expect the record and the tour to prompt renewed discussion about the role of collaborative ensembles in contemporary indie music — and to bring the band’s large, rotating lineup back into the spotlight for both longterm fans and new listeners.
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