Jordan - The Trans-Canada Highway is among the longest national highways in the world. We only drove a fraction of it, but it nearly broke us. This drive marked the midway point of our journey and things hadn't been going swimmingly. We didn't even know where exactly we would be staying once we got to the next town. All we had was a general direction, dense forest and hours upon hours to think about what any of this meant. When you're staring at the center lines at 2:00 am keeping a wary, skittish eye out for moose, your thoughts can seem pretty grim. This song is the summation of all the middle of the night ponderings that can really mess with your head long after you've reached your destination.
Heath -We were travelling from Montreal to Moncton, New Brunswick. It was a gray, rainy day that turned into a frozen, windy night. During a 15 hour drive your thoughts will wonder. We talked to each other about everything. We freestyled, listened to "Daddy's Lambo" by Yelawolf 100 times for no reason, played "would you rather", and alternated sleep schedules. It is in those moments of drifting to sleep in the backseat and those moments when you're the only person awake behind the wheel when your mind will play incredible tricks on you. That's what this song really is. Its just being out there on this huge highway we know nothing about. Its about leaving a place where the signs were in French and driving to a place where you hope things are more familiar (and they're not). Its about the epic scale of Canada. This place is just so wide open, and that 3 am darkness just felt like it was going to swallow us whole. That's when doubt creeps in. That's when you start telling yourself you're a failure. That's when you start thinking that God is either setting you up for failure, or he has just decided that you're not going to amount to anymore than you are in that moment...cold, hungry, confused, and exhausted. As an artist...the best part about being left to your own devices is that you're mind might be plaguing you, but you've got all the time in the world to put it into perspective. This song is just that. Its us figuring out what that drive really was all about.
Isaac - When we brainstormed song concepts for this project, we knew we wanted to do more than capture only placed we stopped. The TCH was a long ever changing road with far too little streetlights & too many ways to get lost. In between short naps in the backseat I listened to Heath & Jordan discussing the validity of who we are, what we do, & what we believe. I still can't decide if it was comforting or crushing to know that these guys have the same doubts that I often do.
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I love Wu Tang beats, but don't care for their sinful lyrics. But Playdough and Heath on the other hand, they keep it clean! Take lessons Wu! DJ Digital Josh