Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It InPeople

Arts & Crafts

October 15th, 2002.

Broken Social Scene's second studio album takes it's 20th trip around the indie rock realm. Finding an album that offers as much is a difficult task. Traversing through an array of musical elements and ideas, You Forgot It In People is as well endowed as they come. Displaying a high level of musicianship and a sense of innocence, Broken Social Scene mustered up an all encompassing indie dream.

The depth on the production front is flabbergasting - there's lots of detail at any given moment. This may seem exaggerated, but after years of delving deeper there always seems to be a minute detail that slipped under the radar. Repeated listens are essential - let the album play out, then press play again straight away. Breathe in the atmosphere and soak up its essence. Become one with it. Repeat process. Like a fruit tree that bears an ever giving quality, this album will provide much on many occasions. Few albums can scratch so many itches in one well rounded record - the variety on show is of noteworthy capacity. It's one of those weird albums where the more you listen to it the more it sounds different. The more you try to sum up it's appeal the goalposts of summary shift - it's never ending in its ability to morph and caress its own being. Sentience manifested in sonic bursts wraps it up nicely. A musical awareness resonates from it's core.

You Forgot it in People leaves the listener nostalgic for a time that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with their personal timeline. It gets under the skin of your memories - feelings fester out of the essence; manifesting thoughts that create a sense of knowing, but never quite understanding. Things don't just occur from nothing, but Broken Social Scene tap into a space where the human psyche falls off of itself; a psychic shelf that rolls in infinite cycles. Those Summer nights that you thought would never end, where did they go?

Looks just like the sun, looks just like it.