01-31-2017, 05:26 PM
Killer Whale Tank Wrote:Escape@Hand Wrote:Hopefully the band will be spurred on to release an all-encompassing box set full of b-sides, rarities and live material. I'd love to have the full concert for Live Between Us...and of course, any new material would be amazing. I wonder if they will turn into a Steely Dan type band, just releasing material and not touring?
It beats me, but I suspect your 'Steely Dan' analogy is probably the likeliest bet. There's a sense in which any (formal) concert will be anticlimactic after the MMP tour. And Gord talked about how brutally punishing it was touring while not being able to remember the words...why put himself through that again?
None of that rules out new releases, though. And certainly a 'Hip Bootleg Series' is overdue. If Gillian Welch can do it, surely the Hip can.
The Hip seems to be one of the only bands on earth who aren't doing that, so I agree it's definitely long overdue. Lord knows they have enough material for it.