Maggie Rogers, Toro y Moi, Mdou Moctar cover Broken Social Scene on new tribute album

Broken Social Scene have announced a covers album featuring artists reinterpreting the songs on their 2002 album, You Forgot It In People. ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People will be released on June 6, and features covers by the likes of Toro y Moi, Mdou Moctar, Sessa, serpentwithfeet, The Weather Station, Hovvdy and SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE.

The first song released from the tribute is Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso’s take on “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl.” Hear it below.

“‘Anthems’ is one of those songs that fundamentally changed my life,” Rogers said in a statement. “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. Broken Social Scene has long been one of my all-time favorite bands and covering it with my dear friends Nick and Amelia from Sylvan Esso was an absolute joy beam dream.

A documentary about Broken Social Scene, It’s All Gonna Break, is also screening in May and June. Check for those here.

Broken Social Scene’s last album was 2017’s Hug of Thunder.

ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People tracklist:

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
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