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REVIEW: Gord Downie’s “Introduce Yerself”

by Darcy MacDonald

Leave it to Gord to wait until he was gone to make a formal introduction.

gord-downie-introduce-yerself Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself (Arts & Crafts)

Leave it to Gord to wait until he was gone to make a formal introduction. The Tragically Hip frontman left us last month, but not without some parting advice: 23 tracks worth of his final insights into life, love and the why of it all, recorded over two four-day sessions in early winter of 2017. Downie’s voice and choice of words have always been known to haunt, so it is hard to say whether Introduce Yerself is truly more sombre, on the whole, than the rest of his work (solo or otherwise) in the wake of his death. Let’s say that this collection — eclectic in sound, yet cohesive as a whole — is a fitting farewell, and a welcome addition to a body of work that will never be buried by old fans and future generations who will discover the man’s soul through their own searches for meaning.

8/10

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Darcy MacDonald has been with Cult MTL since day one, a decade ago. Which means today, he’s a middle-aged white guy (albeit one more interested in other people’s ideas than in his own). He was previously a columnist and reporter for Montreal Mirror, and has also created content (FKA “written”) for RBMA, Noisey, Montreal Gazette, The National Post and probably some other great places he’s forgotten about. Music, culture, community and miscellaneous questions in search of answers all come across his desk, sooner or later.