That’s the thing about a band that is so deeply part of the plot, they never really go away.
The Tragically Hip are so much a part of Canadian music and Canadiana that the memories they’ve created, with and for fans, stays strong.
They are so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that we still sing their songs around campfires and celebrate their hits and b-sides with love and admiration.
This year, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Road Apples and now, the release of Saskadelphia, giving us more of what they wrote and recorded in those sessions. We’ve learned now that their 1991 release had been planned as a double album – but the plan was scrapped. We thought that all of those songs were lost in 2008 during the Universal Studios fire.
Thankfully, some songs survived and last summer, the band (starting with Johnny Fay) listened to them, got them ready (added in the live audio for Montreal) and have given us this EP.
From the lead single “Ouch,” which greets listeners with the familiar roaring vocals of the late singer and lyricist Gord Downie, to “Not Necessary” a song whose fiery sound is layered with gentle and emotional lyrics – are pure, undistilled The Tragically Hip, as Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Downie (vocals, guitar), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass) lay the groundwork for their unmistakable sound.
Saskadelphia is simultaneously new and old. It is fresh and nostalgic. It is us listening to Gord sing and Rob and Johnny and Paul and Gord (Sinclair) play songs in a studio in 1990 (and on stage in 2000) and being able to place them in that time – while enjoying them and embracing for the first time, in this time.
1. Ouch - 3:10
2. Not Necessary - 3:01
3. Montreal (Live from The Molson Centre, Montreal, Dec 7th, 2000) - 3:49
4. Crack My Spine Like a Whip - 3:11
5. Just As Well - 2:35
6. Reformed Baptist Blues - 3:30
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