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Been three years since Gord Downie‘s passing away.
The posthumous double album Away Is Mine dropped on October 16, 2020.
Today is the release of the music video for The Least Impossible.
Watch the bold animated music video.


About the music video/song:
“The Least Impossible,” which opens the second side of Away Is Mine with the album’s most oblique sonic textures and starkly emotional wreckoning. Grappling with life or livelihood and the fleeting nature of either, Gord sings over rattling synthesizers “I try not to try / I try not to know / Up until thought itself asks / ‘Where do you go?’” Pondering this line, director Sara Basso and illustrator Laura Arango, set out to explore the view from the edge of the abyss.

“‘The Least Impossible’ is about a journey into the unknown. I wanted to visualize this by exploring a psychedelic trip within ourselves, one that pushes the limits of our imagination and tries to make sense of the things that defy our relative understanding,” says Basso, who is Creative Director and Producer of the Away Is Mine music video series. “We transition through realms beyond our world, where space and time are abstract, mimicking the attempt to reach a higher state of consciousness in search of the greater truth.”

The fifth music video released so far from Away Is Mine extrapolates the visual story that Gord’s music has inspired. For an album defined by contemplations – Gord’s own musings, in the care of family, friends, and collaborators alike – each video interprets a corner of Gord’s universal imagination, painting a possible portrait of him during the incredible circumstances of the album’s recording, and now casting forward his legacy with its timely presentation.
The Least Impossible gets:
/10.