After a long hiatus, Canadian collective Broken Social Scene is releasing its fourth album, Forgiveness Rock Record, on May 4 (May 3 across the pond in the U.K). Now Pitchfork reports that Broken Social Scene is making it worth their fans’ wait by also releasing a bonus EP for those who pre-order Forgiveness Rock Record. Titled Lo-Fi for the Diving Nights, the 10-track offering (lengthy to be considered an EP) was recorded while the band was in Chicago recording their forthcoming LP. “During downtime the band members would head into Soma’s second smaller studio to test out new ideas and overdubs while John McEntire worked in the main room,” says a post on BSS’s official website.

Forgiveness Rock Record is the follow-up to band’s eponymous 2005 album. Due to the collective’s open-door policy, the album was written and arranged by a six-piece comprised of singer-guitarist Kevin Drew, singer-bassist Brendan Canning, drummer Justin Peroff, guitarist Charles Spearin, singer-guitarist Andrew Whiteman and relative newcomer guitarist Sam Goldberg. Forgiveness Rock Record features production by another newcomer, post-rock icon John McEntire (who is also a member of Tortoise and the Sea and Cake). Pavement’s Spiral Stairs, Tortoise’s Doug McCombs, Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop, former Death From Above 1979 singer-drummer Sebastian Grainger, Helen Money’s Alison Chesley, Poi Dog Pondering’s Susan Voelz and the Weakerthans’ Jason Tait also appear on the record in some capacity, according to Pitchfork.

The band will celebrate the release of Forgiveness Rock Record with three dates in the U.S. before crossing the Atlantic to perform dates in the U.K. and Europe in May and June. Broken Social Scene tickets to see the band play live in San Francisco (the Fillmore on May 1), Los Angeles (Henry Fonda Theatre on May 3) and New York (Webster Hall on May 7) are available online.

After performing in London, England; Minehead, England; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Cologne, Germany and Paris, France, BSS will return to their native Toronto for a gig on June 19. Pavement will support the band on a May 13 concert date at London’s Brixton Academy while both Pavement and Band of Kamagra jelly Horses will be on hand in Toronto.

In July, the band will travel to Chicago to perform in the Windy City’s Union Park on July 16, 17 and 18. Pitchfork is celebrating its fifth year of the music festival with an impressive lineup featuring Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, Big Boi, Beach House, Local Natives, Girls and more. BSS will perform on the first day of the 2010 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival, which is quickly giving major festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Sasquatch some competition!

The band will also be on hand for the inaugural Hopscotch Festival, held in Raleigh, N.C. at various venues scattered across the city between Sept. 9 and 10. Also among the 120 artists on the bill are Lucero, the Golden Filter, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear, Tortoise, Public Enemy, Washed Out, No Age and others.

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