The lead single, 'Waiting.', was released on Green's official MySpace page for the first time featuring a 'making of' video. The album also features collaborations with other musicians, such as Canadian musician Gordon Downie of Tragically Hip on the track 'Sleeping Sickness', and additional instrumentals done by Matt Sullivan and the members of Attack in Black. It was released on Februand features a wide array of instruments not used on his previous recordings (such as harmonica, banjo, drums and lap steel) giving it a more folk-influenced sound. Bring Me Your Love (2008–2009)īring Me Your Love is Dallas' second full-length album. I just write songs when I’m bummed out and I feel happier.' Sometimes was re-released on Vagrant Records on January 13, 2009, which was first time the album was available in physical form in the United States. 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. He also said that he 'love music to sort of escape to' and the idea of sad music that people could identify with. Green indicated that his view that the 'best music for is sad music', influenced the type of songs he created. 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'. The full length debut was released on Novemto a good reception, described by one reviewer as 'dynamically gentle and vulnerable'. Eventually, he compiled and rewrote several of these songs to make his first album, Sometimes. Green began releasing City and Colour songs on the Internet for fans to download. Green performing at Edge102.1 Radio Studios in July 2005 Regarding the songs released on his first album, Sometimes, Green said that he had been writing material for it as early as when he was 18 years old, and finished writing songs for it in 2005.

Green said that he had been writing material since he was around the age of 14. His reasoning for the name was that he felt queasy 'putting the album out under the name Dallas Green'. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock musicians, such as Daniel Romano and Spencer Burton of Attack in Black. Dallas Green performing live in Berlin, Germany on April 1, 2008.Īcoustic music, folk music, Alternative countryĪlexisonfire, Attack in Black, Raising the Fawn, The MiniaturesĬity and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.

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