BSS's Charles Spearin Releases New Tracks
The Happiness Project nothing short of buoyant, experimental, hopeful.
Broken Social Scene is no stranger to experimentation. Whether it's combining haunting digital blips with a quartet of "wall-of-sound" guitars or the more tactile problem of fitting 20 people on a stage made for 5, they've always risen to the challenge and handed us some of the best communal-indie-rock out there.
It makes sense then that after Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning's successful "solo" efforts (they wrote the albums without the rest of the band, but the whole band recorded/toured to promote them) the newest "solo" work of Charles Spearin is nothing short of enticing. Charles spent some time speaking with his neighbors about what "happiness" was, recorded these conversations, and produced all of his music based around the natural harmony of spoken voices. Naturally, the album will be called The Happiness Project.
Sound a little too heady for you? It's not. The result is pleasant and completely accessible. Check out the Heave-recommended track "Anna." It's a brilliantly executed example of this technique and features one of the most basic yet profound examinations on what happiness is that we've heard yet.
Posted by Mark Steffen on Feb 16, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
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