For those not in the know, The Tragically Hip are Canadian quintent Rob Baker, Gordon Downie. Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair, though five additional musicians are listed - in the interests of brevity, we won't name them. Work is their ninth album, with the titular Tragically Hip starting things off in 1987. It is basically a nice, even alternative sound. It is not too slow, but not overly fast either.
Work is a nice collaboration that showcases their offbeat music.
Putting Down, Freak Turbulence and Wild Mountain Honey are the pick of the bunch, though each song offers something different, to keep the variety factor high. If you haven't heard of The Tragically Hip before, you should give them a whirl. They don't set the world on fire, but if you are seeking asylum from pop princesses and Boyzone et al, you will enjoy them. He could possibly be best described as a poet, who was fairly indiscriminate in his choice of language. Which, as you could imagine, may not have bode well in the roaring 40's.