It looks like it’s going to be a powerful album. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, it features a clip of Downie singing a new song that, though very brief, shows off all the music’s essential qualities: sparse and stately, poetic and specific (and specifically Canadian).
The late Gord Downie’s brother Patrick Downie and friend Josh Finlayson, reflect on recording the late. Like Secret Path, the album is produced by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, who also co-wrote a number of the new songs.Ĭheck out the trailer for Introduce Yerself below. Gord Downie’s new album ‘Away is Mine’ was a ‘family affair’. Theres already been the 2016 Tragically Hip album Man Machine Poem. The music was recorded quickly and spontaneously, over two four-day sessions in January 2016 and February 2017, with many of the songs recorded as first takes. Gord Downie has been impressively prolific since his terminal illness was diagnosed. In Downie’s words, “Each song is about a person.” Introduce Yerself will be out October 27 on Arts & Crafts and is available for pre-order on Friday, September 29 via Arts & Crafts and Gord Downie. Today, Downie announced Introduce Yerself, a new double album with a whopping 23 songs. TORONTO (AP) Gord Downie, who made himself part of Canada's national identity with songs about hockey and small towns as lead singer and songwriter of iconic rock band The Tragically Hip, has. Downie also released the 2016 solo album Secret Path, which shone a light on Canada’s shameful history of residential schools.Īnd that’s not it. There’s already been the 2016 Tragically Hip album Man Machine Poem, its accompanying tour, which was a national celebration, and Long Time Running, the documentary about it which premiered at TIFF. Gord Downie has been impressively prolific since his terminal illness was diagnosed.
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