I’ve got a fever of 103.

Why is everyone so excited about Broken Social Scene’s last album (and, more generally, their entire ouvre)? I’ve listened to it a few times and it’s not just that I can’t quite love it–I don’t even enjoy it at all. I mean, it’s not dissonant noise or anything, but it is unenjoyable enough that if I still listened to the radio and I heard one of their songs I’d switch to another station (ideally a classic rock station playing back-to-back block featuring the seeming-paradoxical pairing of Foreigner’s “Hot-Blooded” and “Cold as Ice” but that’s another post entirely).

I know that some of you are what a less-charitable blogger might call irrational sycophants of BSS. So please explain the appeal of these guys.