City And Colour
Nov 8, 2015
City And Colour is helmed by Toronto-based Dallas Green. If I Should Go Before You is the fifth studio release and was recorded in Nashville. Green has always been an introspective, solitary writer, demoing songs in his basement, working up every instrumental part by himself, but he considers If I Should Go Before You to be a band record, where the input of his trusted comrades was of the upmost importance.
Even more pivotal was trying to capture the essence of their live show symbiosis in the studio. That band consists of guitarist Dante Schwebel (Dan Auerbach, Rumba Shaker), drummer Doug MacGregor (Constantines), bassist Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Kelly.
The new project features great instrumentation, melodies and, of course, Green's amazing voice. In addition to "Lover Come Back," checkout "Woman," "Northern Blues," "Mizzy C," "Killing Time," "Map Of The World" and the title track. Hell, every track on the album is a keeper!
"Anybody who has seen us play will understand that this is the best representation of what we do live that we have ever recorded," said Green. "I was so excited about being able to make and record an album with these guys that it just flowed. I felt so confident about their abilities to make all of my ideas come true."
City And Colour are currently on tour:
- 11/09 Ogden Theatre, Denver
- 11/12 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
- 11/13 Paramount Theatre, Seattle
- 11/15 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
- 11/16 House of Blues, San Diego
- 11/18 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood
- 12/02 Stage AE, Pittsburgh
- 12/03 State Theatre of Ithaca, Ithaca
- 12/04 Calvin Theatre, Northampton
- 12/05 House of Blues, Boston
- 12/07 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
- 12/08 Tower Theater, Philadelphia
- 12/10 Terminal 5, New York
- 12.11 Echostage, Washington, DC
- 12.12 The National, Richmond
- 12/13 War Memorial Auditorium. Nashville
- 01/15 Minglewood Hall, Memphis
- 01/16 Iron City, Birmingham
- 01/18 House of Blues, New Orleans
- 01/19 House of Blues, Houston
- 01/21 House of Blues, Dallas
- 01/22 Stubb's Waller Creek, Austin
- 01/23 Aztec Theater, San Antonio
- 01/25 Midland Theater, Kansas City
- 01/26 The Pageant, Saint Louis
- 01/28 House of Blues, Cleveland
- 01/29 The Ark, Ann Arbor
- 01/30 The Intersection, Grand Rapids
For more information visit www.cityandcolour.com