Liz Powell Joins BSS

01/05/09 6:28pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Land Of Talk's Liz Powell has officially joined Broken Social Scene.

Powell has been a de facto member of the band for a while now. She's repeatedly joined them on stage to do female vocals, since Feist, Stars' Amy Millan and Metric's Emily Haines are often unavailable for shows.

"As some of you may know I happily joined the ranks of the Broken Social Scene," Powell wrote in a Dec. 26 MySpace blog entry. "A soft light has broken inside me since entering the their realm.

"thank you Brendan, Kevin, Heidi, Sammy, Andrew, Charlie, Justin, Leon, Marty, Brody, Angus, Scheid, Robyn, and Brandy for taking such good care of me in all my insecure, excited, tired, bold, passionate, and burnt-out states.

"Being a member of great band is a great thing for me in itself, but finding friends in that same band is a beautiful bonus. thanks is all i have."

Powell played a show at Toronto's Sound Academy with BSS before she headed to Europe with her own outfit, Land Of Talk. The band played a 12-day tour with openers Think About Life before returning to Canada.

It's unlikely you'll see Powell with Broken Social Scene or Land Of Talk too much in the near future (at least in the first part of 2009), since she's having voice surgery at the end of this month. It's unclear if the operation is linked to Powell's loss of voice last year. In any case, it's forced Land Of Talk to cancel all their upcoming dates with the exception of these three with Little Scream:

Jan. 14 Guelph, ON @ E-Bar
Jan. 15 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Jan. 16 Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club (Queens University)