Bring Me Your Love, the second album from Dallas Green's solo project City and Colour, shows an artist settling nicely into his new gig as an acoustic singer/songwriter. It's both warmer and more intimate than its predecessor Sometimes, but the most notable quality of Bring Me Your Love is the confidence it exudes. Green's voice is still ethereal, but it's also stronger and more self-assured throughout the album; those who are unfamiliar with his work in the raucous post-hardcore group Alexisonfire could be forgiven for thinking that he's a veteran of the acoustic circuit. There's renewed energy and passion on display throughout the album, a trait that is especially evident in "Sleeping Sickness." The tune, which includes an appearance from Gordon Downie of the Tragically Hip, starts soft and builds to a hand-clapping, foot-stomping chorus. Despite outward appearances, it is important to note that energy does not necessarily equal happiness on Bring Me Your Love. In fact, a majority of the lyrics on the album are introspective and melancholy in spite of the brighter melodies they accompany. ("Waiting..." is a fine example -- it's so easy to get caught up in the jaunty tune that the first repetition of the somewhat bleak chorus is jarring.) The result is strangely uplifting; despite the situations and emotions that Green addresses on Bring Me Your Love, his delivery imbues each of the album's songs with a quiet sense of hope.
Why is there always room for another singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar? Must be something about the familiarity of the instrument, the sincerity of the words, the simplicity of the vocals. From Brett Dennen to Chris Carrabba, Kimya Dawson and Amy Honey, there always seems to be a voice and a finger-style that connects to people in a genuine way.City and Colour’s first album Sometimes .
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The days seem to come and go like they never took place to begin with. Things begin to seem routine, as if my life is guided by one gigantic schedule. Wake up, go to work, come home, and make dinner. What limited free time I have seems to be controlled by my job, and that means I am correcting papers or doing lesson planning. I sometimes feel like why even bother waking up? Why even go into wor...
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Why is there always room for another singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar? Must be something about the familiarity of the instrument, the sincerity of the words, the simplicity of the vocals. From Brett Dennen to Chris Carrabba, Kimya Dawson and Amy Honey, there always seems to be a voice and a finger-style that connects to people in a genuine way.City and Colour’s first album Sometimes .
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Dallas Green or City and Colour released yesterday a limited special edition of his beautiful album Bring Me Your Love . The packaging has been redesigned and expanded to include 2 discs. Only 6000 copies were printed world wide. Disc 1:- is the original album version of Bring Me Your Love with 2 extra songs ("Faithless" & "I Don't Need to Know") Disc 2:- an entire album of demos…14 tracks -.
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How much would you betThat if I tried hard enoughI would spontaneously combustI wish I could disappearand run away from all of my fearsI think I'm coming undoneSo stay the nightI promise that I won't bite'Cause without you there I don't think I could close my eyesHow do I end up this wayA constant knot in my gut Tied with uncertainty and with lustA classic case I supposeA haunted man who can't ...
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It could be both. The point isn't to decide right now on an answer to this, it's just to bring up the thought: Why do we make the decisions in life that we do? Is it because we can feel it in our hearts that it's the right way, right path, the right yes or no at that moment? Or does it have nothing to do with our hearts? Maybe we make decisions because we fear. We fear the possible end resu...
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Having a son who knows you, well, a little TOO well :) The other day he tells me to listen to the player he'd placed on my computer. Holy smokes, the music, the voice, I was immediately smitten! I've listened to some Alexisonfire, but never really followed them ... ends up Dallas Green is part of that group and city and colour is his side project. ...
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So I don't know why I didn't find this "band" sooner. I was a big fan of Alexisonfire during the self-titled days, and I always thought Dallas Green had a spectacular voice. His songs all have this sad beauty to all of them and they're just spectacular. I've listened to this album pretty much every day since I got my hands on it.
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Forgive Me |
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| 2 Confessions |
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| 3 The Death of Me |
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| 4 Body in a Box |
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| 5 Sleeping Sickness |
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| 6 What Makes a Man? |
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| 7 Waiting... |
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| 8 Constant Knot |
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| 9 Against the Grain |
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| 10 The Girl |
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| 11 Sensible Heart |
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| 12 As Much as I Ever Could |
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