The press release for 2018’s Into The North read, in part, as follows: Holed up for a week in a small wooden cabin in Northern Canada with nothing but whiskey in our glasses, four microphones in front of us, and hordes of mosquitoes outside singing along, we belted these damn songs over and over until we had them just right, and the result is the album we’ve always wanted to make.
Okay but the instrumentals on this cover are gorgeous, particularly the violin reprise of the chorus with the added fiddly bits. And as an American, I didn't really understand what a celebration of Canadian geography the lyrics were until I looked them up...which was after listening to Into the North.
Also, fucking thank you. I was convinced it was "wide and savage" and I've heard several bands do "wild and savage" and it made me irrationally annoyed for reasons I'll never understand.
Okay but the instrumentals on this cover are gorgeous, particularly the violin reprise of the chorus with the added fiddly bits. And as an American, I didn't really understand what a celebration of Canadian geography the lyrics were until I looked them up...which was after listening to Into the North.
Also, fucking thank you. I was convinced it was "wide and savage" and I've heard several bands do "wild and savage" and it made me irrationally annoyed for reasons I'll never understand.
Thanks! As a pal pointed out, "wild and savage" would be redundant.