“Away marks Jo Passed's sophomore LP, but leaving it at that perhaps commits the injustice of suggesting Jo Hirabayashi (平林) is somehow new to the game. That's far from the case: the Vancouver-born, Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and producer holds a long and storied recording resume, beginning as far back as the late-2000s with the post-hardcore outfit SSRIs (later Sprïng) and culminating wit”
