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Bring Me Your Love
City And Colour
2008
Snicker inducing titles aside, Dallas Green’s second full length solo effort is a step up from his last foray away from the St. Catherines, Ontario harcore / screamo act, Alexisonfire.
Where as City and Colour’s first album largely revolved around acoustic guitar with some backup piano, Bring Me Your Love injects a lot more variety and texture into the songs, thanks to more instrumentation and some assistance from Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip) and a few of the boys from Attack in Black.
The lyrics can be a bit sentimental and squishy at times but also poignant, like Body In A Box which chimes in with “it’s like a man’s best party only happens when he dies” in between muted organ and harmonica notes. The composition of the songs in general are strong and varied, but strangely feel a little lacking in portions. Dallas has a great voice to be sure, but it would have been nice to hear a bit more variety in the vocal section considering the people he’s collaborating with. Sleeping Sickness features Gordon Downie’s distinct vocals, and while I know this is Dallas’s show, it would have been nice to hear more of The Hip’s front man singing through. Likewise, I know all the Attack in Black crew can sing because they proved it on their last album (The Curve of the Earth), so it’s a little odd to not even hear a recognizable peep out of them. You can really hear their influence on The Girl, likely one of the most stand out songs on the album, but it’s hard to recognize without pulling out the CD booklet and looking at the credits. Maybe it’s a good thing that they blend in so well, but it just feels like there could have been more.
All things considered, it’s a solid album and while it doesn’t do anything astounding, Bring Me Your Love is definitely worth checking out.
Watch Waiting… from City and Colour’s Bring Me Your Love:
Title: Salvation Run
Writers: Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturgess
Artists: Sean Chen (penciler), Walden Wong (inker)
Rating: 5 out of 10
“Our captors promised us a safe world, uninhabited by any dangerous life forms, but I sense overwhelming danger all around us—Lurking just out of sight.”
“You’re exactly right! This is Murder World!”
What happens when the Checkmate organization dumps all of the Earth’s supervillains on a distant planet to fend for themselves? Wackiness ensues! And by wackiness, I mean murder and mayhem.
It was only a matter of time before the powers that be got tired of superpowered freaks ruining everyone’s day over and over again. There are only so many times they can attempt to take over or destroy the world before someone decides to send them somewhere they won’t come back from. Given nothing other than their own weapons and devices, they’re marooned on a planet teeming with all sorts dangerous creatures eager to kill them, provided the villains don’t kill each other first.
