Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People | 00s Album Review

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People | 00s Album Review

From Dig Me Out: 90s & 00s Rock by Dig Me Out

January 27, 2026 · 53 min · Season 16 · Episode 803

About this episode

The episode reviews Broken Social Scene's album 'You Forgot It In People', highlighting its expansive sound and emotional depth.

You Forgot It in People captures Broken Social Scene at their most expansive, an indie rock communal experience balancing meticulous arrangements and unhinged joyfulness. Layers of guitars, synths, horns, and rotating vocalists creates a warm chaos that rewards repeated listens, as new details constantly surface. Songs like “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” and “Cause = Time” balance intimacy and grandeur, pairing fragile emotion with sweeping crescendos. Two decades on, it still sounds like the 2000s blueprint for how indie rock bands like Arcade Fire, Godspeed, You Black Emperor, and many more could be messy, emotional, and deeply human without losing their ambition. Songs In This Episode Intro - Stars and Sons 12:15 - KC Accidental 20:29 - Cause = Time 26:03 - Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl Outro - Pacific Theme Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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Organizations: Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Godspeed, You Black Emperor

Books & works: You Forgot It In People, Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Cause = Time, Pacific Theme

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