# Hug of Thunder

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hug_of_Thunder
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hug_of_Thunder.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_of_Thunder
> Source revision: 1342375619
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***Hug of Thunder*** is the fifth studio album by Canadian [indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) [musical collective](/source/Musical_collective) [Broken Social Scene](/source/Broken_Social_Scene).[1] It was released by the [Arts & Crafts](/source/Arts_%26_Crafts_Productions) 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](/source/Kevin_Drew), [Brendan Canning](/source/Brendan_Canning), [Charles Spearin](/source/Charles_Spearin), [Justin Peroff](/source/Justin_Peroff), and [Andrew Whiteman](/source/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](/source/Feist_(singer)) 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

*Hug of Thunder* received positive reviews from [music critics](/source/Music_journalism). At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a [normalized](/source/Standard_score) rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an [average](/source/Weighted_arithmetic_mean) score of 76, based on 30 reviews.[5]

### Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref. Diffuser Top 25 Albums of 2017 2017 9 [6] Drowned in Sound Top 100 Albums of 2017 2017 58 [7] Time Out New York Top 29 Albums of 2017 2017 9 [8] Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2017 2017 11 [9] Vulture Top 10 Albums of 2017 2017 10 [10]

## Personnel

**Musicians**

- [Ohad Benchetrit](/source/Ohad_Benchetrit) – [slide guitar](/source/Slide_guitar) (2, 5, 8, 9, 11), electric guitar (9)
- [Brendan Canning](/source/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](/source/Drum_programming) (7, 10, 11)
- [Evan Cranley](/source/Evan_Cranley) – trombone (2, 4–6, 9, 12), electric guitar (6)
- [Kevin Drew](/source/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](/source/B3_organ) (7), bass guitar (8, 10), Nord strings (8, 11, 12), [Rhodes](/source/Rhodes_piano) (9), keyboard (12)
- [Ariel Engle](/source/Ariel_Engle) – background vocals (2, 5, 11), lead vocals (2, 11), vocals (5, 6, 8, 10)
- Shawn Everett – background vocals, synth (8)
- [Feist](/source/Feist_(singer)) – 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](/source/Sam_Goldberg_Jr.) – [keytar](/source/Keytar) (5), electric guitar (6, 11, 12)
- [Emily Haines](/source/Emily_Haines) – background vocals (3), lead vocals (3), vocals (6)
- Julia Hambleton – clarinet (2, 5, 6, 8, 9)
- [Lisa Lobsinger](/source/Lisa_Lobsinger) – vocals (8, 9)
- Dave Manelin – vocals (6)
- Roger Manning – [vocoder](/source/Vocoder) (4)
- [Amy Millan](/source/Amy_Millan) – background vocals (2, 4, 11), vocals (9)
- [Julie Penner](/source/Julie_Penner) – violin (5)
- [Justin Peroff](/source/Justin_Peroff) – drums (2–12), percussion (4, 9, 10)
- [Jimmy Shaw](/source/James_Shaw_(musician)) – trumpet (2, 4, 12)
- [Charles Spearin](/source/Charles_Spearin) – electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12), [nyckelharpa](/source/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](/source/Farfisa_organ) (10), [slide guitar](/source/Slide_guitar) (10), B3 organ (10, 11), trumpet (11)
- Nyles Spencer – [sampler](/source/Sampler_(musical_instrument)) (7–9, 11), bass synth (10)
- [Andrew Whiteman](/source/Andrew_Whiteman) – electric guitar (2–6, 8–10), synth (2, 4, 6, 7, 10–12), vocals (4, 10), [drum machine](/source/Drum_machine) (5, 7, 8, 10–12), acoustic guitar (7, 12), [fuzz bass](/source/Fuzz_bass) (8), background vocals (9), [tres guitar](/source/Tres_guitar) (9), bass synth (12)

**Technical**

- Joe Chiccarelli – production
- Nyles Spencer – production
- Shawn Everett – [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing)
- [Emily Lazar](/source/Emily_Lazar) – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
- Chris Allgood – mastering assistance

## Charts

Chart (2017) Peak position Australia (ARIA Hitseekers)[11] 3

## References

1. Monger, James Christopher. ["Hug of Thunder – Broken Social Scene"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/hug-of-thunder-mw0003050694). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved July 8, 2017.

1. ["Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder"](https://www.arts-crafts.ca/releases/AC135.html). [Arts & Crafts Productions](/source/Arts_%26_Crafts_Productions). Retrieved July 8, 2017.

1. Gordon, Jeremy (July 6, 2017). ["Broken Social Scene: Friends Forever"](http://www.spin.com/featured/broken-social-scene-july-2017-cover-story/). *[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))*. Retrieved July 6, 2017.

1. Dombal, Ryan (June 27, 2017). ["Broken Social Scene Are (Somehow) Still Friends After All These Years"](http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/broken-social-scene-are-somehow-still-friends-after-all-these-years/). *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))*. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

1. ["Reviews and Tracks for Hug of Thunder by Broken Social Scene"](http://www.metacritic.com/music/hug-of-thunder/broken-social-scene). [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic). Retrieved July 10, 2017.

1. Wawzenek, Bryan (December 15, 2017). ["Diffuser's Top 25 Album of 2017"](http://diffuser.fm/top-25-albums-2017/). Diffuser.fm. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

1. Adams, Sean (December 3, 2017). ["Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2017"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171123140446/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151506-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2017). Archived from [the original](http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151506-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2017) on November 23, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

1. ["29 Best Albums of 2017 You Need to Know"](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/best-albums-of-2017?package_page=97510). Timeout.com. December 11, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

1. ["Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2017"](http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/under_the_radar_top_100_albums_of_2017/). Undertheradarmag.com. December 30, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

1. Jenkins, Craig (December 4, 2017). ["The 10 Best Albums of 2017"](http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-10-best-albums-of-2017.html). Vulture.com. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

1. ["ARIA Report: Issue 1430"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170725041737/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20170711-0000/Issue1430.pdf). ARIA. Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/issue1430.pdf) on July 25, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hug of Thunder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_of_Thunder) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_of_Thunder?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.