History Music / CityAndColour

* DrowningMySorrows: "The Death of Me", which expresses a desire for drinking sorrows away. Until the singer realizes that maybe he'll always be miserable with no control over his happiness, liquor or no liquor.

* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Little Hell'', whose cover depicts a stylized field of tulips in the Netherlands.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: While anyone at least somewhat familiar with Alexisonfire and Dallas's role in the band would not be surprised, anyone who has only listened casually to that band who then transitions to City And Colour may well be surprised. This is due to the fact that, according to Dallas, many people who give an initial listen to Alexisonfire and search up on the band mistake ''him'' for the guttral screamer, [[SopranoAndGravel whereas it is George Pettit who provides the screams while Dallas furnishes the smooth sung vocals.]]

* LyricalDissonance: "Waiting...". The music is somewhat upbeat. The lyrics, unlike most City And Colour songs, feels devoid of hope, and sounds almost like a SuicideNote. It all culminates in the chorus:

Music/CityAndColour is [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] singer/guitarist Dallas Green's side project begun while he was still in the Post-Hardcore band {{Alexisonfire}}. (Technically, though, he'd begun composing the various songs that would eventually make their way onto the albums since his early teenage years.) The genesis of the act lay in the various demo tapes Dallas had recorded and distributed to a limited extent, which found their way to the internet eventually, prompting various Alexisonfire fans to voice their support of Dallas releasing a solo record. Dallas, not yet certain of branching off into a solo side project while still fully engaged with Alexisonfire, decided that if people liked the demos--some of which were of marginal quality--he'd at least record more put-together versions of them and release the tracks on a solo album. (These songs did not make their way onto Alexisonfire albums due to the fact that the band members had agreed since the beginning that all five of them will be equally involved in the creative process for any songs that would be on the band's albums.) Not feeling comfortable with putting his real name on the record, he came up with the moniker [[PunnyName City And Colour]] to release the solo materials under. The resulting record, ''Sometimes'', met with positive reception, eventually going platinum in Canada.

Music/CityAndColour is [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] singer/guitarist Dallas Green's side project begun while he was still in the Post-Hardcore band {{Alexisonfire}}. (Technically, though, he'd begun composing the various songs that would eventually make their way onto the albums since his early teenage years.) The genesis of the act lay in the various demo tapes Dallas had recorded and distributed to a limited extent, which found their way to the internet eventually, prompting various Alexisonfire fans to voice their support of Dallas releasing a solo record. Dallas, not yet certain of branching off into a solo side project while still fully engaged with Alexisonfire, decided that if people liked the demos--some of which were of marginal quality--he'd at least record more put-together versions of them and release the tracks on a solo album. Not feeling comfortable with putting his real name on the record, he came up with the moniker [[PunnyName City And Colour]] to release the solo materials under. The resulting record, ''Sometimes'', met with positive reception, eventually going platinum in Canada.

And my heart held in your hands\\

-->With you, on my mind//
And my heart held in your hands//
Screaming//
Break me//

* ShoutOut: ''BringMeYourLove'' is titled after a short story by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski Charles Bukowski]], whose work Dallas picked up while on tour with Alexisonfire as a countermeasure to WritersBlock.

Heartened by his success, Green began gathering and composing material for his second solo record, ''Bring Me Your Love'', intending it to be less compliation-like than ''Sometimes''. Featuring a more folksy sound than his debut and a wider range of instruments, the album dealt with much of the similar issues addressed in ''Sometimes''--life's troubles, uncertainties of the future, the pursuit of romance under these constraints, and hope. The album peaked at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart after release.

* IAmTheBand: With a good deal of the songs being, in their essence, just Dallas with a guitar, this is generally true, moreso for the earlier albums. However, while Dallas [=IS=] the only full-time member of the band, he has had a lineup of frequent collaborators such as multi-instrumentalist (guitar/drums/keyboard/etc.) Daniel Romano, bassist Scott Remila, and drummer Dylan Green (no relation).

As City And Colour gained popularity, and Dallas engaged on more tours to support the project, balancing the workload between Alexisonfire and his solo work became more and more difficult. With Dallas deciding to focus more on his solo act, and fellow bandmember Wade [=MacNeil=] also forming a side project solo act, Alexisonfire could no longer actively perform and record. Compounded with unspecified personal problems, this schedule conflict resulted in the band disbanding, with a farewell tour given during 2011-2012.

Heartened by his success, Green began gathering and composing material for his second solo record, ''Bring Me Your Love'', intending it to be less compliation-like than ''Sometimes''.

CityAndColour is [[CanadianMusic Canadian]] singer/guitarist Dallas Green's side project begun while he was still in the Post-Hardcore band {{Alexisonfire}}. (Technically, though, he'd begun composing the various songs that would eventually make their way onto the albums since his early teenage years.) The genesis of the act lay in the various demo tapes Dallas had recorded and distributed to a limited extent, which found their way to the internet eventually, prompting various Alexisonfire fans to voice their support of Dallas releasing a solo record. Dallas, not yet certain of branching off into a solo side project while still fully engaged with Alexisonfire, decided that if people liked the demos--some of which were of marginal quality--he'd at least record more put-together versions of them and release the tracks on a solo album. Not feeling comfortable with putting his real name on the record, he came up with the moniker [[PunnyName City And Colour]] to release the solo materials under. The resulting record, ''Sometimes'', met with positive reception, eventually going platinum in Canada.