Bring Me Your Love

iTunes Review

City and Colour is Canadian singer/songwriter Dallas Green (riffing on his own name there), formerly with the post-hardcore/screamo outfit Alexisonfire. Green’s second C&C outing sparkles in its stripped-down, vulnerable nakedness, with songs that are by turns warm and chilling, aching and joyous. Highlights include the gently spiraling “Constant Knot,” with Green sounding like a man about to come undone; the single, “Waiting…,” a bittersweet, mid-tempo number crackling with gentle percussion and a memorable guitar melody (and a few great lines, such as “a coma might feel better than this”); “The Death of Me,” a comparatively upbeat number with sprinting guitars and snare drum; the foot-stomping “Sleeping Sickness,” with guest Gordon Downie of The Tragically Hip; and two tracks, “Forgive Me” and “What Makes a Man?”, featuring Green’s reverb-drenched vocals and a hushed solemnity rivaling fellow plaid-wearing beardo Bon Iver’s own introspective work. City and Colour allows Green’s notable talent to be expressed with clarity and intimacy, and it’s a place he may want to dwell in for a while longer.