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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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halisray wrote:
amazing duo
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Cobracleo wrote:
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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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SauzerOCR wrote:
last night i was the lighthouse~
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synaesthesiaa wrote:
get lost
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KathleenAlex wrote:
THE SOUND
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caresno wrote:
I like this much more than Islands.
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theotherivan wrote:
This is the good. The world is a good.
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io_morrison wrote:
Holy hell, Nick Thorburn is a genius!
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Milkman519 wrote:
With this and Islands, Nick Thorburn is quickly becoming my favorite Canadian.
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the_endcomplete wrote:
if you like human highway, you might want to take a look at this group: www.last.fm/group/feel+good+indie.
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brob wrote:
Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper ftw
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Machiventa wrote:
Awesome stuff, I'm glad they did something like this instead of sounding like everyone else (or an Islands off-shoot).
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xCUDDLECOREx wrote:
nice
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the_endcomplete wrote:
holy shit this is good
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Mynoreti wrote:
i'm just gonna follow the sound
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alohahavai wrote:
words and the climate of songs are best
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