The second in the ‘Broken Social Scene Presents…’ series has been floating around the ether for a while now.

BSS founder Brendan Canning released Something For All Of Us digitally back in May, after an unfinished version was leaked onto the interweb – no doubt by the only member of the ramshackle collective who didn’t get to add their two-cents to Canning’s record.

The album bursts with collaborative input, the common denominator presumably being the songs’ collective origin in Canning’s head. Single ‘Hit the Wall’ is a fiery piece of indie, Canning’s diffident vocals becoming lost in what sounds like half a dozen guitars piled in a heaving, sweating mass.

Lisa Lobsinger’s turn on the al fresco folk-pop of ‘Antique Bull’ works to a tee, as does the laid-back funk of ‘Love Is New’. As solo records generally go this is unusual, Canning seemingly going out of his way to obscure his own contribution amongst the sheer number of everyone else’s.