I had mentioned my love for music on my profile, so my Santa went all out and got me a turntable together with a banger of an album by a band I had never heard of before, The Tragically Hip (Shame on me, I know! but aside from Rush, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen my knowledge of Canadian music is nonexistent haha).

I gotta share this story too because the way I received it was such a perfect surprise. Earlier in the day I got a notification that I had a package to pick up so I went down to the store it had arrived at to get it, I took it home with me, opened it up and it was the album. I didn't have anything to play the LP on so I took it with me to my dad's apartment to listen to it. Later that evening around 9 PM when I got home again, my neighbor (who is this sweet old lady) stopped me as I was unlocking my door to tell me that they had tried to deliver a package at my door but since I wasn't home the delivery man had asked her if she could sign for it. So she told me that there was this heavy, huge box in her apartment that I could come get. I was a bit surprised since I had no idea a second gift or package was to be expected but I took it with me and carried it down to my place and opened it up. Then when I saw that it was a vinyl player my jaw dropped :D

I'm really excited to start listening to vinyls and maybe collecting some LP's. It's not really something i've ever thought about doing before but since I love so much older music it seems obvious to me now. It's also something my 70 year old father really enjoys and he has a pretty big collection of albums so I'm sure I can borrow some from him, and now we have another thing to share and discuss when he comes to visit.

Finally I need to say thanks for bringing this band to my attention, it had completely flown under my radar. I haven't gotten a music recommendation this good in years, you have no idea how much I enjoyed listening to this, especially the main vocals. I've played the album a bunch of times already and I just think it's fantastic. It's kinda hard to pick a favorite song since the album basically has no bad ones haha but I especially loved Courage, At The Hundredth Meridian, Pigeon Camera and Wheat Kings.

Thank you Gareth for making this exchange the best experience i've had on here so far, I truly appreciate how thoughtful it was.