Broken Social Scene's Indie Classic 'You Forgot It In People' Will Be Reworked in a New Tribute Album
The Toronto band's 2003 album will be treated to covers by Toro Y Moi, The Weather Station, Hovvdy and more on ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People. The first single is Maggie Rogers and Sylvan Esso's version of "Anthems For a Seventeen Year-Old Girl."
Maggie Rogers, left, and Sylvan Esso, right
A classic Canadian album is getting a 2025 update from Maggie Rogers, The Weather Station, Toro Y Moi and more.
Broken Social Scene's 2003 breakthrough You Forgot It In People will be re-interpreted this summer on ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People, out June 6.
The album finds indie and alt-pop stars paying tribute to one of the most influential Canadian records of the 21st century, which helped to propel Toronto's indie scene to the international stage and usher in an era of experimental rock eclecticism.
The first single from the covers album is out now, and it finds Rogers and Sylvan Esso putting an electro-pop spin on You Forgot It's most famous song, "Anthems For a Seventeen Year-Old Girl."
Last year, that song appeared on the soundtrack for the indie sci-fi film I Saw The TV Glow, with Singaporean producer Yeule turning it into a shoegaze epic. This new iteration swaps murky melancholy for up-front vocals and a bouncy synth bass. Rogers and Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath weave their voices together in enticingly intricate harmony, building to a big-hearted catharsis.
"'Anthems’ is one of those songs that fundamentally changed my life,” Rogers says of the song. “There’s something about the lyrical repetition that functions as a sort of mantra within the song and it made me understand at a very early point in my creative life that music could be a form of meditation."
The album will also feature interpretations from Philadelphia art-gaze outfit Spirit of the Beehive, R&B experimenter Serpentwithfeet, Tuareg guitar stylist Mdou Moctar and more, promising to be a multi-faceted exploration of an album that's worked its way into many Canadian millennials' psyches.
It accompanies a period of reflection and celebration for the Toronto collective, who also recently released a documentary film about their early days, It's All Gonna Break.
The album is available for pre-order via Arts and Crafts here. Find the full tracklist below.
ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People
1. Capture The Flag - Ouri
2. KC Accidental - Hovvdy
3. Stars And Sons - Toro y Moi
4. Almost Crimes - Miya Folick & Hand Habits
5. Looks Just Like The Sun - The Weather Station
6. Pacific Theme - Mdou Moctar, Mikey Coltun
7. Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl - Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso
8. Cause = Time - Middle Kids
9. Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries - Benny Sings
10. Shampoo Suicide - SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
11. Lover's Spit - serpentwithfeet
12. Ainda Sou Seu Moleque - Sessa
13. Pitter Patter Goes My Heart - Babygirl
