BSS's Kevin Drew announces solo album

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 14 comments 11:38 June 20th, 2007

Sort of: the first in a series of Broken Social Scene presents... LPs will be Kevin Drew's Spirit If.... It comes out on September 17 via City Slang.

BSS's Brendan Canning - i.e. The Other Main Guy - is currently working on the second release of the series. Drew's record features contributions from the many members of BSS. Like we didn't see that coming.

Spirit If... has been recorded in stops and starts over the past two years, and also features a guest spot from Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis. Anyone see him play with BSS at ATP? Shit, wasn't it?

Kevin Drew plays a London show in September, too, at the Scala. Tickets for the September 5 show are priced at £13.50 and are on sale now. Add date to your gig calendar here.

Spirit If... tracklisting:

'Farewell To The Pressure Kids'
'TBTF'
'F--ked up kid'
'Safety Bricks'
'Lucky Ones'
'Broke Me Up'
'Gang Bang Suicide'
'Frightening Lives'
'Underneath The Skin'
'Big Love'
'Backed Out On The...'
'Aging Faces / Losing Places'
'Bodhi Sappy Weekend'
'When It Begins'

A free download of 'TBTF' is available here.

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This will be FANTASTIC

Anything to do with BSS is good.

olegrich | 20 Jun '07, 11:42 | X | Reply

^ true, true ^

And 'TBTF' sounds v. nice, just like BSS but v. nice all the same.

little_milton @olegrich | 20 Jun '07, 12:14 | X | Reply

tbtf is great

it reminds me of swimmers from the BSS s/t.
but better

theriseofenglish | 20 Jun '07, 12:31 | X | Reply

Ooooooooooooooh

Interesting!

monpot | 20 Jun '07, 12:33 | X | Reply

where are tickets on sale?!?!?!?¬?!?1"?3?234

omgomgomg

Kid_A @olegrich | 20 Jun '07, 12:42 | X | Reply

yes. i win at knowing how to work

the boards

Kid_A @Kid_A | 20 Jun '07, 12:43 | X | Reply

seetickets.com

probably... usual places I guess.

Mike_Diver @Kid_A | 20 Jun '07, 12:51 | X | Reply

Argh

Tickets aren't on any of the usual ticket sites (seetickets, gigsandtours, aloud, ticketmaster even), nor is it on the listings page of the Scala.

You sure he's playing over here? I heard it's going to be a rolling thunder revue-type setup over in the states, with a series of solo shows augmented with other BSS musicians, with a random mix of songs from each solo album so you'll never know what you'll get on each night. Sounds awesome to me, BSS at the Astoria last year is still the best gig I've ever been to.

proslo | 20 Jun '07, 13:15 | X | Reply

oceanRain | 20 Jun '07, 20:05 | X | Reply