City and Colour

There's something about the fall and winter season that makes me want to listen to sad/beautiful acoustic guitar songs. The first CD's I grab when looking for this type of music are albums recorded by a man named Dallas Green who goes by the recording alias City and Colour, seeing as his first name is a city, and his last name is a color.  Dallas Green hails out of St Catharines Ontario, Canada (hence the spelling of color with a U.) Dallas used to be in a canadian rock band named Alexisionfire, who were insanely popular where I used to live. I discovered one day that he had put out a solo album full of songs that consisted of only acoustic guitar, his voice, and the occasional piano. This album was a huge departure from the hardcore and heavy music he made with Alexisonfire. But the album, entitled "Sometimes" is filled with beautiful songs so full of emotion that they have a definite effect on the listener. Earlier this year Dallas released his third CD under the alias of City and Colour, and announced his permanent departure from Alexisonfire, the band he rose to fame with and released five studio albums with. While I was saddened by the end of Alexisonfire, I was happy to know that it meant more tracks from City and Colour. I was lucky enough to meet Dallas last year and was relieved to find that he's incredibly nice and blatantly Canadian, sporting the recognizable accent and the sarcastic sense of humor. I suggest checking out any of his three albums; Sometimes, Bring Me Your Love, and Little Hell. If you feel like just searching a few tracks, I highly recommend; Hello I'm in Delaware, Day Old Hate, Little Hell, Sleeping Sickness, and Waiting.