‘Remember The Humans’ is out today via Arts & Crafts, and Broken Social Scene’s first album in nearly a decade arrives with the full weight of everything that’s happened in between. Loss, reconnection, grief, joy, and a reunion with producer David Newfeld, the man behind ‘You Forgot It In People’ and ‘Broken Social Scene,’ two of the most important Canadian records ever made.
The Newfeld reunion is the spine of this album’s origin story. After a collaboration that ended without resolution almost 20 years ago, Kevin Drew happened to move nearby. One hangout became, in Drew’s words, “a hurricane of fun.” During the making of the record, both Drew and Newfeld lost their mothers. That shared grief pulled them closer. Newfeld put it plainly: “our moms would have wanted us to do this, and get it right after 20 years of not working together.”
With the album comes the focus track “Only The Good I Keep,” featuring Hannah Georgas, who leads the song with total authority. Drew wrote vocals for the track, then set them aside when he recognized the song had fully become hers. Georgas traces the lyric back to her own adolescence, describing it as “a reflection on the hardships I faced growing up, as well as the things that helped me make it through.” The video is co-directed by Drew and Jordan Allen.
The album also features Lisa Lobsinger on “Relief,” a song that came to her during meditation as a vivid memory of a BSS track that no one had ever written, which the band then made real. Feist brings an earlier outtake, “What Happens Now,” to life as something that feels like earned grace rather than nostalgia. The arrangements across the record are dense, horns and guitars and voices and electronics layered over each other, but melody stays sovereign throughout.
The critical response has been immediate. Rolling Stone says the band “still brim with the kind of heart-bruising magic that seems impossible to replicate.” Pitchfork called it “a bonus lap from one of Canada’s most venerated institutions.” Exclaim! put them on the cover. New York Magazine singled out “Hey Amanda” and “Relief” for their hook-driven, maximalist energy. The Needle Drop praised “The Call” for its bigness and dynamics.
Next month, BSS head out on the “All The Feelings” tour with Metric and Stars, a North American and European run that covers Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco (sold out), Calgary (sold out), Edmonton (sold out), Brooklyn (sold out), Nashville (sold out), and Toronto (sold out), before moving through Dublin, Glasgow, London, Paris, and beyond. The tour wraps in Canada with stops in London, Ottawa, and Laval. Additional appearances include FIFA’s Fan Festival in Vancouver on June 26 and the Halifax Jazz Festival on July 11.
Drew sees the timing of all this as anything but accidental. “In 2026, you’re going to see a lot of resurgence of people going back to the roots of who they are, because things in their lifetime have gotten quite lost. I think we’ve let each other down, and I think it’s art that always tries to prevail, and tries to get us back on track.” ‘Remember The Humans’ makes that case without hedging.
‘Remember The Humans’ Tracklist:
- Not Around Anymore
- Only The Good I Keep
- Mission Accomplished (Kingfisher)
- The Call
- Relief
- And I Think Of You
- This Briefest Kiss
- Life Within The Ground
- Hey Amanda
- Paying For Your Love
- What Happens Now
- Parking Lot Dreams
“All The Feelings” Tour Dates with Metric and Stars:
June 8 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater
June 9 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
June 11 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
June 13 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater
June 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
June 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
June 19 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 21 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic (SOLD OUT)
June 22 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
June 24 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
June 25 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
June 28 – Calgary, AB – South Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
June 29 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
July 24 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
July 25 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
July 27 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
July 28 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
July 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (SOLD OUT)
July 31 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (SOLD OUT)
August 1 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
August 3 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle (LOW TICKET WARNING)
August 4 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
August 7 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
September 9 – Dublin, IE – 3 Olympia Theatre
September 11 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow
September 12 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
September 13 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
September 15 – Paris, FR – Salle Pleyel
September 16 – Antwerp, BE – De Roma
September 17 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
September 19 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
October 3 – London, ON – Canada Life Place
October 5 – Ottawa, ON – The Arena at TD Place
October 7 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Additional Dates:
June 26 – Vancouver, BC – Hasting’s Park (FIFA Fan Festival)
July 11 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Jazz Festival
