Emily Haines of Metric fame takes the haunting vocal lead in one of Broken Social Scene’s most popular songs. “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” is sung from the perspective of a woman looking back on her days as a fresh faced seventeen year-old.

A melancholy nostalgic chant pervades the song as the speaker comes to the realization that her present self is a far cry from the girl she used to be.

The “Anthems” of the title is a subtle reference to the original incarnation of BSS when it was known just as KC Accidental. KC’s only two EPs were also “anthems”: Captured Anthems for An Empty Bathtub and Anthems for the Could’ve Bin Pills.