Canadian darlings Broken Social Scene may have released their Polaris Prize-nominated “Forgiveness Rock Record” months ago, but they haven’t released an official music video to any of the songs until now… sort of.
BSS released a fan-made video for their anthemic instrumental song, “Meet Me in the Basement” today; a video that sets the song’s pulsating melody against images from the recent G20 Summit in Toronto. In a press release, BSS singer Kevin Drew wrote that the video was sent to the band “by a lover of our music who wants to remain anonymous,” before adding simply, “the rest speaks for itself.”
The video — a YouTube clip-like mash-up of sorts — juxtaposes images from the G20 protests with clips of everything from kids’ TV shows and Nike ads, to Justin Bieber and even “Obama Girl.” It’s a political statement for sure, but dare we say, an artistic one as well. Check out the video for Broken Social Scene’s “Meet Me in the Basement” below:









