Under this banner, singer, songwriter Dallas Green siphons serenity from stress on his sixth full-length studio album, A Pill for Loneliness Still Records. Ultimately, these eleven tracks illuminate an entrancing and engaging emotional expanse, balancing two extremes with eloquence and energy.
I had to write these songs in order to get out of my own head first. By doing so, City and Colour has resonated throughout the international independent music scene. Not only did their debut rose ave. While travelling the world in support of the last record, the tension of current affairs weighed heavy on Green.
Everything I came up with was sad or observational. Since I was in a murk, I wanted to try to make the music as lively as possible to contrast. In order to do so, he changed-up his process like never before. Rather than hole up in the studio for one finite period, Green took his time, spreading out recording over multiple sessions. Under the guidance of producer Jacquire King [Kings of Leon, Tom Waits], Green was able to give the new music space to breathe like never before, adding mellotrons, analog synths, and other dreamy textures to the palette.
It was beneficial to have the space. There was no plan. We could find different sounds and experiment. It came from the same place of just me and an acoustic guitar at the inception, but we added so much more. It was a group effort to find the best way to present these tunes. Jacquire and I often talk deeply about life. It was our first chance to work together, and we just clicked. I left home at years-old to go play my guitar. So, we need to appreciate the differences.
If we do, maybe we can live better with one another. I realized music was like my pill for loneliness. It allowed me to feel like I had somebody else in my life. When I was younger, all I wanted to do was write a song that made someone feel the way I felt when I connected to a song. A Pill for Loneliness encapsulates the idea of the record and the band. In the end, by confronting the dark, City and Colour emerges with his brightest work yet. Ontario Media Development.
Launch Audio Player. City and Colour. Biography Music refracts darkness as light. Sometimes was certified platinum in and won a Juno in for Alternative Album of the Year.
The same year, Alexisonfire disbanded, which freed Green to concentrate fully on City and Colour. At the end of he returned to the studio and recorded The Hurry and the Harm, which was released in and topped the Canadian charts, his second consecutive release to do so. In addition to a collaborative album with pop singer P!
Unlike previous releases where he relied heavily on studio musicians, this album was recorded with his touring band and released by Dine Alone Records in October Green's next release, the live set Guide Me Back Home, was captured during his tour of Canada. Released in October , City and Colour's sixth studio full-length, Pill for Loneliness, saw him expanding his sound into lusher, more celestial territory. Open App.
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