Broken Social Scene has announced the May 8, 2026 release of their new album Remember The Humans. Marking their first new studio album in nearly a decade, the album reunites Broken Social Scene with producer David Newfeld, who helmed their breakthrough You Forgot It in People (2002) and gargantuan self-titled 2005 album. Across the twelve new songs, the arrangements are dense and enveloping - a lattice of horns, guitars, voices, and electronics - yet melody always remains sovereign, refusing to be swallowed by the sheer sound. When the music drifts towards abstraction, a grounding bass line arrives to anchor the listener, reminding us always that there are human hands on the controls and that, however artful, this is still rock and roll.
Everything crystalizes today with the opening track and lead single “Not Around Anymore,” on which Kevin Drew incants about the disappearance of possibility in a world where "it's all gone away." But the nostalgia hinted at by the lyrics is gently resisted by the music: by invoking a past that has vanished, the song unexpectedly floods the present with a glow that rivals the very greatness being lamented. The video for the song was directed by Jordan D Allen, Rachel McLean and Kevin Drew.
As ever, on Remember The Humans, Broken Social Scene operates less as a band than as a community, and songs evolve by ceding control to whoever can best carry them forward in the moment. Drew may be the designated driver, but collaborators including Feist, Hannah Georgas, and Lisa Lobsinger step into the foreground, shaping songs with a sense of collective authorship that has always defined the group’s ethos.
For many bands, there are long stretches when nothing seems to happen, at least from the outside. Years pass, the culture shifts, and the audience waits for a signal, unsure whether the silence marks exhaustion, reinvention, or simply life happening offstage. For Broken Social Scene, they surface when the conditions are right and fall quiet when they aren’t. Yet their silence never feels like absence. It feels like building pressure, as if the next surge of sound is assembling itself offstage, gathering mass, waiting for the right moment to break. 2026 is such a moment.
Today, Broken Social Scene also announced a major North American tour with their friends Metric and Stars. The All The Feelings Tour kicks off June 8 and concludes August 7 in their hometown of Toronto. Metric appears on all dates as co headliner, with Stars supporting throughout the run.
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 6 at 10am local time and will be available here.
