The Tragically Hip - Up to Here

Canada's favorite boys The Tragically Hip push the sounds of heartland and down-home country-rock on their second album, Up To Here. This album also marks the band's first stateside release, and basically it's a record of burgeoning talent of what is yet to come from The Tragically Hip. Frontman Gordon Downie is raw and rugged, twisting American trad rock into gritty rock & roll. There's a lot of heart-felt emotion woven into pure musical swagger on songs like "New Orleans Is Sinking" and "When the Weight Comes Down." "Blow at High Dough" follows the lead of it's foot-stompin', hand-clappin' rock tracks. Read More