“It’s the classic story where you have your entire career to write your first record, and then you have a year for the second,” says Sinclair.
The songs of Saskadelphia capture The Tragically Hip at a prime moment, trying to offset the “sophomore jinx” of a second album. I missed that, but it’s been great going back and listening and reminiscing about that stuff with the fellas.” “It’s cool to hear us playing as young men and hearing Gord’s voice as a young man, just sort of when we were all coming into our own as a writing unit, and when five or six days a week we were packing ourselves into these sweaty rock clubs and having the time of our lives. “It’s been creative, and energizing and very emotional at the same time,” he says. Mining through all the lost recordings and hearing Downie’s voice again was bittersweet, says Sinclair. It does harken back to a time and place when it’s done right, which is really important.” “It was just a different time, but that’s the beautiful thing about making records for a living.
“It was really hard for me to listen to without choking up the first time I heard it,” shares Sinclair of the EP. Saskadelphia captures a pivotal moment three decades earlier, one never forgotten by the band. The Tragically Hip (clockwise from top left): Gord Downie (holding mirror), Rob Baker (in window), Gord Sinclair (in window) In Mirror: Paul Langlois (reflection in mirror), Johnny Fay (reflection in mirror), Gord Sinclair (reflection in mirror) (Photo: Jim Herrington)
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