City and Colour is an acoustic and folk band fronted by Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green accompanied by a varying number of musicians.
The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas and Green. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green".
Green said that he had been writing material since he was around the age of 14 . Regarding the songs released on his first album, Sometimes, Green said that he had been writing material for it throughout the course of his life, and finished writing songs for it in 2005.
Green began releasing City and Colour songs on the internet for fans to download. Eventually, he compiled and rewrote several of these songs to make his first album, Sometimes. 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
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. 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.
Bring Me Your Love 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 harmonica, banjo, drums and lap steel) giving it a more folk-influenced sound. 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. The lead single, "Waiting...", was released on Green's official MySpace page for the first time featuring a "making of" video. The album has also been compared with musical legend Neil Young's album, Harvest as it draws considerable influences from such artists.
The album is named after a novel by Charles Bukowski. It is also a line sung in the closing track, "As Much As I Ever Could." Green has stated in interviews that he has troubles writing a lot of his lyrics and he saw Charles Bukowski's book in a book store while on tour with Alexisonfire and adopted the title for his new album.
On September 26, 2008, City and Colour embarked on their first American tour, in support of Bring Me Your Love.
In October, 2008, Dine Alone Records announced a special 2-disc limited edition of Bring Me Your Love to be released on December 2, 2008. Only 6000 copies are available; 5000 in North America and 1000 in Australia. In Canada, when the record label put up the album on pre-sale on November 20, 2008, so many fans tried to pre-order it that the store's website crashed.
In a March 3 interview Dallas Green reported that he will be releasing a new album in late 2009.
"I am currently working on the title, but they call it falling because that is the albums theme. I don't mean falling off your bike or anything, I mean falling from society, falling from life. You can expect the album out mid-November but I have to do the new album with Alexis first, then start to write, but for now my priority is Alexis.
City and colour - Waiting (External Embedding Disabled)
Waiting
Save Your Scissors
Comin' Home
The Girl
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Casey's Song
As Much As I Ever Could
Coming home
