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Human Highway is the new collaboration from two of Canada’s most-loved troubadours: Jim Guthrie and Nick Thorburn. Both Guthrie and Thorburn have been long-time fixtures of Canadian pop music. Jim is best-known for his releases on Three Gut Records, both with Royal City and as a solo artist, when he received a Juno nomination for 2004’s Now, More Than Ever. Thorburn first gained international exposure with the Unicorns in 2003, and now fronts the super-pop group Islands.
The two first came together during the recording of the first Islands record (Guthrie toured with the original line-up of the band, and also appears on the recording), and it was only a matter of time before the mutual admiration turned into a collaboration.
Fittingly, Human Highway began on the road. “For me, Human Highway started in a hotel room on a U.S. tour with Islands,” Guthrie says. “Nick had this rad song called “My Beach” and asked me if I wanted to help him record it. He played and sang at the same time and let me be for a bit to do harmonies.” At the time, however, there was no explicit goal to make a full record. Time passed as Thorburn continued to tour and work on a new Islands album (the recently released Arm’s Way), while Guthrie spent time at home in Toronto, working on his own material. Then they decided it was time to finish what they had started. Thorburn spent a week with Guthrie in his Toronto apartment in 2007, and Moody Motorcycle was the resulting love-child.
Fittingly, Human Highway began on the road. “For me, Human Highway started in a hotel room on a U.S. tour with Islands,” Guthrie says. “Nick had this rad song called “My Beach” and asked me if I wanted to help him record it. He played and sang at the same time and let me be for a bit to do harmonies.” At the time, however, there was no explicit goal to make a full record. Time passed as Thorburn continued to tour and work on a new Islands album (the recently released Arm’s Way), while Guthrie spent time at home in Toronto, working on his own material. Then they decided it was time to finish what they had started. Thorburn spent a week with Guthrie in his Toronto apartment in 2007, and Moody Motorcycle was the resulting love-child.
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Vianouzz wrote:
THE SOUNDDDDDDD
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maddestmoose wrote:
good shit
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lolstansa wrote:
SO GREAT
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rocioyong1411 wrote:
<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
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chronicplutonic wrote:
at first i hesitated abt downloading this album cos i thought it might be too alt country for my liking. curse my prejudices! for i was rewarded with nick diamond's familiar voice! lesson learned.
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dirty_beats wrote:
I love this album but I also like all three of the Islands releases. I think each of the Islands albums are better than the previous. Blasphemy I know but it is heartfelt.
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saccharinePop wrote:
holy shit dudes, i was listening to Moody Motorcycle for the first time today and when i hit "I Wish I Knew," i was pleasantly surprised that they did a Nina Simone cover... so pretty.
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CoolItCasanova wrote:
Jim Guthrie has got to be the great mind behind this album. I mean. Just look at that mustache - not to mention how bad Nick Thorburn seems to be getting with the aid of Islands.
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snoask wrote:
amazing
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ieegetc wrote:
<3
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wandowska wrote:
do you know if guys are recording something new? Or HH is only one album project?
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justfetus wrote:
You guys don't realize that the reason this (and partly, Islands' first album) is so great is NOT Nick Thorburn but rather Jim Guthrie. Listen to his albums (Now, More than Ever in particular) and you'll see. Or hear ;)
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ar99 wrote:
http://turningthelightbulb.wordpress.com/ j
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boothanew wrote:
so good!
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halisray wrote:
amazing duo
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Cobracleo wrote:
Liste Radio Velvet Cotorro http://www.lastfm.es/listen/artist/velvet%2Bcotorro/similarartists#pane=webRadioPlayer&station=%252Flisten%252Fartist%252Fvelvet%252Bcotorro%252Fsimilarartists
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cupnoodle wrote:
*heart* :)
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ShipDestroyer wrote:
i wish this was islands sophmore album. arm's way was such a pile of shit.
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sammywhammyboy wrote:
LISTEN TO HITMONLEE
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HelenWheels wrote:
FIX YOUR TAGS PEOPLE.
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