Cocooned in a Toronto basement in the winter of 1999-2000, Drew and Canning worked on their elegant debut, Feel Good Lost. Though mostly instrumental and somnambulant, this recording was the template for the band's growth - Drew's restless creativity was tempered and focused by Canning's gracious experience. Around this yin-yang orbited numerous talents such as Leslie Feist, drummer Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Do Make Say Think members Charles Spearin and Justin Small.

A live band began to grow and Drew and Canning's partnership expanded to a group of cagey vets (Andrew Whiteman, Bill Priddle) and wide-eyed "kids" (Peroff, John Crossingham, Metric's James Shaw and Emily Haines). For a year, Broken Social Scene was comprised of whoever showed up, playing whatever was written the day before.

In 2002, after months of recording, re-recording and countless mixes, Broken Social Scene released You Forgot It In People to great critical acclaim. The album won a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. The band spent the next two and a half years on the road, touring the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan.

In 2004, Broken Social Scene released Bee Hives, a collection of outtakes from the fruitful You Forgot It In People sessions, which included the haunting version of "Lover's Spit" sung by Feist.

2005's Broken Social Scene was a fitting title for the band's third record - an apt aural representation of the band's friendship. The album is messy, overrun, irregular but spirited, passionate, honest and hopeful. It landed this indie band from Toronto on TV screens across North America, on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and scored another Juno win for Best Alternative Album.

On May 4, 2010 Arts&Crafts will release Broken Social Scene's follow-up to the acclaimed self-titled record. The new album, Forgiveness Rock Record, is co-produced by the band and Tortoise's John McEntire at Soma Studios in Chicago, with additional recording at Giant Studio and The Schvitz Studio in Toronto.

For a limited time only, Broken Social Scene will be available once more as a special edition, double disc package including the full album plus a bonus EP entitled EP To Be You And Me, featuring seven additional tracks.