GORD DOWNIE - AWAY IS MINE DELUXE 2LP - VINYL

GORD DOWNIE - AWAY IS MINE - VINYL

Recorded at The Tragically Hip's studio in Bath, Ontario in July 2017, Away Is Mine is Gord Downie's final solo recording: a characteristically questing and idiosyncratic work steered to life by "my oldest Toronto friend," guitarist and co-writer Josh Finlayson. The last ten songs Gord wrote hold fast to his unwavering artistic spirit, deft hand with words and forever inscrutable sense of humour even as he locks eyes head-on with the Great Inevitability. Away Is Mine is a contemplation on Gord's life, both autobiographical and collaborative in nature – a document of an artist disappearing into his art, essentially becoming his art through that process. Presented as a double album with electric and acoustic versions, the 20-track collection highlights Gord’s poetic mastery.