The Music MATTador....
Sometimes having one of 'those' weeks where you struggle to adapt to the pressure of 'being positive', can in itself be a positive thing. Reality can be harsh, a blunt wake up call that has no sugar coating and delivers with no room for hurt feelings. The truth is, life deals these cards to everybody and dwelling on them for too long will only create demons that should never dictate your existence. So we force ourselves to move on - overcome our 'Little Hell's and let happiness win.
The positive you ask? Simple. City and colour!
This album could possibly become one of the most listened to albums in my life. I have played it for the past 2 weeks continuously in my car and am still yet to feel the need to change it.
There is not one thing that I would change, it's almost soul cleansing music that for me took time to show it's true quality. At first glance it almost hides it's beauty behind a melancholy feeling of simplicity. However the further you dig the greater the treasures that lie buried.
Alexisonfires' (post-hardcore Canadian rock band) lead singer Dallas Green fronts 'City & Colour', a side project that couldn't be more diversified if he tried. From hard rock to lyric driven acoustic/rock magic, Green delivers on a level that I don't think even the true musical critics could have fathomed. The 3rd album from City and Colour "Little Hell" combines guitar perfection with vocal clarity that is crystal clear yet hauntingly emotional. Recorded in an old friends' (now deceased) studio that was once a church, it's hard not to feel connected, at least in some way, to the heart and soul that is obviously invested into this album.
The lyrics put quite simply are extremely raw, they detail many of Greens' relationships with his family, his friends and indeed the personal battles within himself. green was quoted as saying “You have to go through those little hells to get to the really great parts of love and life.” A theme that tends to underline the feeling of the album as a whole.
The first link below is a 15min interview with Dallas, filmed in the Church where the album was recorded offers insight from the horses mouth. If you are a true lover of music and enjoy understanding the what and why of a song and/or album than you will seriously enjoy this. If you would rather jump straight in and listen to the brilliance that is City and Colour follow the second link.
There are so many tracks on this album that I would love to share with you all, the interview gives snippets of many in their development phase however as I am forced to choose one, it will be the title track "Little Hell". Not the track that I had initially intended to post but certainly one of my favs!! ('Grand Optimist, and natural disarster were very close to making the cut so make sure you check them out also)!!!
Please enjoy.................. The MATTador
link 1. http://www.youtube.com/cityandcolourVIDEOS#p/a/u/2/DPjf5fGwQg0
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