Gordon Downie - Battle of the Nudes

Perhaps more accessible and "mainstream" than his solo debut, Coke Machine Glow, Gordon Downie opens this album with the minimal yet evolving "Into the Night," a song that brings to mind "Flamenco" by his main project, The Tragically Hip. From there the album takes a noticeable loud turn on "Figment," which would draw comparisons to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, a boisterous garage rock tune. "All of my heroes are women/And most of them are cinnamon," Downie sings, a possible inference to Young's "Cinnamon Girl." The singer's knack for vivid yet quirky lyrics is on display during "Christmastime in Toronto," a rather straightforward, radio-friendly rock track that borrows a line from Anton Chekov. Read More