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Hug of Thunder
Hug of Thunder
Studio album by Broken Social Scene
Released	July 7, 2017
Genre	Indie rock, baroque pop
Length	52:19
Label	Arts & Crafts
Producer	Jim Chiccarelli; Nyles Spencer;
Broken Social Scene chronology

Hug of Thunder is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie rock musical collective Broken Social Scene.^[1] It was released by the Arts & Crafts record label on July 7, 2017.^[2]

Background

After declaring a hiatus in September 2011, Broken Social Scene performed at the Field Trip Arts & Crafts Music Festival in 2013 and played a few other festivals in 2015, which prompted band members Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Charles Spearin, Justin Peroff, and Andrew Whiteman to discuss recording new material. "When we're working, we understand that there will be a lot more input, so we leave space in the music as we're writing it," Spearin said. "We would send out invitations for all the usual crew, and say, 'Hey, we're doing this again. Would you be interested in being part of this?'" In the end, eighteen musicians were credited on Hug of Thunder. During sessions for the album, Feist conceived the idea for the title track, her first lead vocal on a Broken Social Scene song since 2006.^[3] Drew explained that the title represents "exactly who we are. That is our show. We're trying to create that hug of thunder. That sound. That embrace amongst the chaos."^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.3/10^[5]
Metacritic	76/100^[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The A.V. Club	B+^[7]
The Guardian	^[8]
The Independent	^[9]
The Irish Times	^[10]
Mojo	^[11]
Pitchfork	8.4/10^[12]
Q	^[13]
Rolling Stone	^[14]
Uncut	8/10^[15]

Hug of Thunder received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 30 reviews.^[6]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
Diffuser	Top 25 Albums of 2017	2017	9	^[16]
Drowned in Sound	Top 100 Albums of 2017	2017	58	^[17]
Time Out New York	Top 29 Albums of 2017	2017	9	^[18]
Under the Radar	Top 100 Albums of 2017	2017	11	^[19]
Vulture	Top 10 Albums of 2017	2017	10	^[20]

Track listing

*Hug of Thunder*^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sol Luna"	Brendan Canning Kevin Drew Shawndra Everett	1:20
2.	"Halfway Home"	Canning Drew Ariel Engle Justin Peroff Charles Spearin Andrew Whiteman	4:41
3.	"Protest Song"	Canning Drew Emily Haines Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:18
4.	"Skyline"	Canning Drew Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:10
5.	"Stay Happy"	Canning Drew Engle Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:10
6.	"Vanity Pail Kids"	Canning Drew Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:01
7.	"Hug of Thunder"	Canning Drew Feist Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:54
8.	"Towers and Masons"	Canning Drew Engle Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:01
9.	"Victim Lover"	Canning Evan Cranley Drew Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:55
10.	"Please Take Me with You"	Canning Drew Peroff Spearin Whiteman	4:54
11.	"Gonna Get Better"	Canning Drew Engle Peroff Spearin Whiteman	5:11
12.	"Mouth Guards of the Apocalypse"	Canning Cranley Drew Sam Goldberg Peroff Jimmy Shaw Spearin Whiteman	5:44

Personnel

Musicians

Ohad Benchetrit – slide guitar (2, 5, 8, 9, 11), electric guitar (9)
Brendan Canning – bass guitar (2-5, 7, 8), background vocals (2, 3, 6, 8, 9), synth (3, 9, 10), electric guitar (5, 6, 10, 12), bass synth (7, 10, 11), piano (7, 10), acoustic guitar (8), guitar loops (8, 11), lead vocals (8), vocals (10)
Joe Chiccarelli – drum programming (7, 10, 11)
Evan Cranley – trombone (2, 4-6, 9, 12), electric guitar (6)
Kevin Drew – background vocals (2, 4, 6), lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 10-12), vocals (3), acoustic guitar (2-4, 10), electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 8, 12), piano (2, 5-7, 12), drums (3), percussion (3, 5, 8), bass synth (3, 8, 11), electronic drums (3, 9, 10), beat box (5), sound effects (6), synth (6, 7, 10, 11), B3 organ (7), bass guitar (8, 10), Nord strings (8, 11, 12), Rhodes (9), keyboard (12)
Ariel Engle – background vocals (2, 5, 11), lead vocals (2, 11), vocals (5, 6, 8, 10)
Shawn Everett – background vocals, synth (8)
Feist - background vocals (2, 7), vocals (5, 6), lead vocals (7), Baldwin keys (7), organ (7)
David French – saxophone (2, 6, 8, 9), flute (5)
Sam Goldberg – keytar (5), electric guitar (6, 11, 12)
Emily Haines – background vocals (3), lead vocals (3), vocals (6)
Julia Hambleton – clarinet (2, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Lisa Lobsinger – vocals (8, 9)
Dave Manelin – vocals (6)
Roger Manning – vocoder (4)
Amy Millan – background vocals (2, 4, 11), vocals (9)
Julie Penner – violin (5)
Justin Peroff – drums (2-12), percussion (4, 9, 10)
Jimmy Shaw – trumpet (2, 4, 12)
Charles Spearin - electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12), nyckelharpa (2, 12), Hammertone guitar (3, 4), synth (4, 10), bass synth (5, 9), background vocals (6), air spray percussion (7), Melotron guitar (7, 12), drum machine (10), Farfisa organ (10), slide guitar (10), B3 organ (10, 11), trumpet (11)
Nyles Spencer – sampler (7-9, 11), bass synth (10)
Andrew Whiteman – electric guitar (2-6, 8-10), synth (2, 4, 6, 7, 10-12), vocals (4, 10), drum machine (5, 7, 8, 10-12), acoustic guitar (7, 12), fuzz bass (8), background vocals (9), tres guitar (9), bass synth (12)

Technical

Joe Chiccarelli – production
Nyles Spencer – production
Shawn Everett – mixing
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistance

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Hitseekers)^[21]	3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[22]	102
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[23]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[24]	51
US Billboard 200^[25]	96
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[26]	3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[27]	11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[28]	17