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Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -

   With the new album, the first Broken Social Scene record following the
   acclaimed Broken Social Scene Presents... series, the band decided it was
   time to try something new. As a core six-piece who had spent most of 2007 and
   2008 on the road, Drew, Canning, Spearin, Whiteman, Goldberg and Peroff spent
   early 2009 working on new material in Toronto. The pairing down of the band's
   massive personnel list for the first time proved extremely fruitful; they
   created spacious songs written as a band by a band, resulting in more
   cohesive, melody-driven compositions than previous BSS output. Recording both
   in Toronto and Chicago, and working with producer John McEntire - a musical
   hero for many of the band's members - they found a fresh perspective on their
   own sound; this continued to fuel the creative process, resulting in nearly
   40 songs written in and out of the studio, a number of which were put
   together as the first new Broken Social Scene record in five years. The album
   features guest turns by BSS alumni: Leslie Feist, Amy Millan and Evan Cranley
   of Stars, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw of Metric, Jason Collett, Ohad
   Benchetrit of Do Make Say Think and Years, John Crossingham, Marty Kinack,
   Leon Kingstone and Julie Penner. Uniquely, the song "Sentimental X's"
   features Leslie Feist, Emily Haines and Amy Millan singing together for the
   first time on the same song.

- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

  01. World Sick                                                        ( 6:47)
  02. Chase Scene                                                       ( 3:31)
  03. Texico Bitches                                                    ( 3:50)
  04. Forced To Love                                                    ( 3:34)
  05. All To All                                                        ( 4:49)
  06. Art House Director                                                ( 3:32)
  07. Highway Slipper Jam                                               ( 4:26)
  08. Ungrateful Little Father                                          ( 6:41)
  09. Meet Me In The Basement                                           ( 3:43)
  10. Sentimental X's                                                   ( 5:40)
  11. Sweetest Kill                                                     ( 5:09)
  12. Romance To The Grave                                              ( 4:47)
  13. Water In Hell                                                     ( 4:25)
  14. Me And My Hand                                                    ( 2:05)