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| Absolutepunk |
 I scan through old reviews frantically, searching for something to relieve boredom, something that has not been written about just yet. I was surprised to see that I never found City and Colour's debut album, Sometimes on that lengthy list of reviewed works. It needs to be. Here goes nothing."Dallas, like the city-- and Green, like the colour," Dallas used to always tell people while they had begged to know what his name meant. He's a funny man, but his music preaches an entirely different story. Sometimes opens up with an abrupt strumming of chords in an open tuning, not even close to standard. His vocals are chillingly high, almost too high. His lyrics are also very juvenile in this song. "The stars are aligned, but they don't align for us," makes for a very tween-like emotional song, but I'm willing to say that the soothing sounds of Dallas Green's voice surely make up for every saddening word he has to say. Once the second track, "Like Knives" had commenced, I felt instantly serenaded and relieved at the obnoxious sound of the first track. Dallas had always been an impressive guitarist in Alexisonfire-- as well as in impressive vocalist. Once, I had heard him singing in nothing but a falsetto voice, with no Autotune ( impressive!), and playing chords unheard of on acoustic. You may think he is biting the style of bands like Secondhand Serenade, or Chase Coy, but once heard, opinions change. Dallas leaves his falsetto voice behind in the last few pieces of "Like Knives", so we can hear him belt out "Can I have you?". This definitely shows us his undeniably large vocal range, and bits of his immense versatility....full text |
| Sputnikmusic |
| Dallas Green had always seemed like a talented chap to me. Back in 2002, when Alexisonfire had a bit of integrity and originality, Dallas’ strong vocals and ferocious guitar riffs broke through the loud and energetic music and screams that the rest of the band brought forth. But as the band progressed and gradually changed their sound and blended into the ever-increasing ideal of modern-day pop-punk “screamo”, Alexisonfire had begun their long road of disappointing releases compared to their debut. But what of Dallas Green? Turns out he had a trick up his sleeve should he become more artistically inspired and feels the need to stretch out of the modern-day post-hardcore cube. Dallas Green was, whodathunkit, was into acoustic folk as much as he was into nineties hardcore punk. Dallas’ debut album under the moniker City and Colour, Sometimes is a breath of fresh air considering his occasionally monotonous back catalogue. It’s quiet, it’s soothing and it’s occasionally beautiful. The simple formula of quiet whisper-to-yell voice over a simple strumming of an acoustic guitar is considerably effective, especially with a voice as agile and soothing as Dallas’. Green gets to show off his vocal chords on practically every song on the album, which incorporate almost whispering vocals breaking into just as musical yelling seamlessly. The acoustic guitars and, on occasion, mournful pianos create the perfect backdrop to his voice, setting a melancholic mood for the album. “Day Old Hate” and “Hello, I’m In Delaware” are both perfect examples of Dallas’ sense of balance in regard to catchiness, mood, and simple folk methods, but with a twist of sadness and rawness thrown in to make it more interesting. The main problem with Sometimes is that it is an extremely repetitive album, and despite it’s appropriately mild length, things tend to get old pretty fast. The first song, “Off By Heart”, is practically useless, a minute and a half of the same chord progression and Dallas showing off his pipes. Right off the bat we’re introduced to the formula that we’ll be hearing for the next 45 minutes, and it’s evident that it’s going to get boring after a while, since the first three tracks are all, essentially, identical and repetitive, despite their catchy nature and a frankly impressive performance from Green. But songs like “Save Your Scissors” and “Sam Malone” seem extremely repetitive and pointless, seeing as Dallas takes no different direction with the songs (both relatively simple) and about midway through each it’s evident that Dallas himself is running out of enthusiasm for his song writing, seeing as how the songs repeat themselves on average more than two times. It doesn’t hurt that they’re still incredibly catchy, but formula indeed gets tiring, whether from the perspective of the whole album or just a single song....full text |
| Racketmag |
| What. The. Fuck? While Chris Carraba may have kind of lead the way in heavier band front men striking forth to super-personal acoustic albums, Alexisonfire’s Dallas Green dropped the inaudible lyrics and the pedalboard to create City and Colour. You know what? It’s fucking amazing. Where Carraba has gone from acoustic ballads to fucking Spiderman soundtracks, Green strikes a nerve with his haunting voice, gorgeous lyrics and ethereal melodies. “Day Old Hate” sends shivers down my spin, even after listening to it dozens of times and “Comin’ Home” makes me homesick… and I’m in my effing bed. I do laugh, however, every time I see the title “Hello, I’m in Delaware”. I have somehow managed to turn extremely somber lyrics about playing in front of fans who don’t bother moving into a melodramatic rendition of the plot of Wayne’s World. Don’t ask me how or why, I won’t be able to answer you....full text |
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