City And Colour Album Download Zip
By Tiana Feng City and Colour's fourth album The Hurry and the Harm comes out June 4th via Dine Alone Records. For now you can grab the easy-going title track below. City and Colour- The Hurry and the Harm.
• • • • Website Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter who records under the alias City and Colour. He plays melodic, and, often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock musicians, such as Spencer Burton and Brandon Gaboury. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the band. In 2005, he debuted his first full-length album, Sometimes, which achieved platinum certification in 2006. City and Colour began performing in small intimate venues between Alexisonfire tours. The name City and Colour comes from his own name:, a, and, a.
His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy 'putting the album out under the name Dallas Green'. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Green was born on September 29, 1980 in, Ontario, Canada. Green was named after manager. Green has stated that he had gone without a name at first; his mother was considering naming him Graham-Todd Green, but his father had bet on the Phillies during the that October and, after the team won, his parents decided on the name Dallas after the Phillies' manager. Green started playing piano at the age of 8 and writing music since he was around the age of 14.
Regarding the songs released on his first album,, Green said that he had been writing material for it as early as when he was 16 years old, and finished writing songs for it in 2005. Music career [ ] Early work [ ] Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was in a band called Helicon Blue, producing several songs before breaking up. The three piece band also featured Marcel Lanteigne on bass and vocal, and Nicholas Osczypko on drums.
The band recorded a self-titled release with Greg Below from, who also recorded a second record with the band. Alexisonfire [ ]. Further information: Dallas began playing with Alexisonfire in late 2001. They released four albums (,,, and ) and two EPs before disbanding in 2011 due to Dallas' decision to focus on his work in City and Colour full-time. Dallas came up with the name of the band from an episode on Discovery Channel. This specific episode was about contortionism. In this show there was a segment on a stripper who added contortionism into her show, as well as lactating and breathing fire.
The woman's stage name was Alexis Fire, and the segment was called Alexisonfire. He thought that this would be a cool name for a band, and that is where it all started. In 2003, Dallas appeared (along with Alexisonfire vocalist George Pettit) on Jude the Obscure's album 'The Coldest Winter', doing additional vocals on 3 songs. He contributed vocals to ' collaborative album, released in 2005, on the song 'The Grace'. Green provided additional vocals on the track 'INRihab' with as well as on the track 'Black Albino Bones' with on their second full-length album, The Chemistry of Common Life. City and Colour [ ] Sometimes (2005–2007) [ ]. Green performing at Edge102.1 Radio Studios in July 2005 Green began releasing City and Colour songs on the for fans to download.
Eventually, he compiled and rewrote several of these songs to make his first album,. The full-length debut was released on November 1, 2005, to a good reception, described by one reviewer as 'dynamically gentle and vulnerable'. The cover art was designed by Scott McEwan, in a tattoo-esque style; Green 'still may decide to have some of them inked at a later point in time'.
Green indicated that his view that the 'best music for [him] is sad music', influenced the type of songs he created. He also said that he 'love[s] music to sort of escape to' and the idea of sad music that people could identify with.
Green said of the album that, 'a lot of those songs are written on some of the experiences I've been through and stuff and that's just how I deal with it. I just write songs when I'm bummed out and I feel happier.' Sometimes was re-released on on January 13, 2009, which was the first time the album was available in physical form in the United States. Bring Me Your Love (2008–2009) [ ] is Dallas' second full-length album. It was released on February 12, 2008 and features a wide array of instruments not used on his previous recordings (such as,, and ) giving it a more -influenced sound. The album also features collaborations with other musicians, such as Canadian musician of on the track ', and additional instrumentals done by Matt Sullivan and the members of.