CITY AND COLOUR Releases new LP Little Hell TODAY!

[Jen Appel]

CITY AND COLOUR RELEASES NEW ALBUM LITTLE HELL TODAY (ON VINYL, TOO!)

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Dallas Green releases his third solo album as CITY AND COLOUR on Vagrant Records TODAY. The album, titled Little Hell, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2008's Bring Me Your Love, which was certified platinum in Green's native Canada.  Alternately sparse and inviting, intense and delicate, Little Hell shows music fans another side of Green's incredible songwriting skills, and features some of his finest songs to date.

City and Colour is simultaneously releasing Little Hell on vinyl, which can be found at Hot Topic stores nationwide or online through Vagrant's webstore: http://www.merchlackey.com/vagrant/index.php?page=367
Fans that purchase the album through iTunes will receive three exclusive bonus tracks, including a demo version of "Weightless," a live version of "O' Sister," and the stunning vocals-only track of "At the Bird's Foot."

Little Hell - named after the album's title track, a song that explores the little heavens and little hells that comprise a relationship - is the first of Green's albums to be recorded and mixed to tape. Recorded at Catherine North Studios in Ontario with producer/engineer/mixer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie), this sonic move ultimately resulted in the album's warm immediacy, allowing the songs to take on spaciousness previously unheard in City and Colour albums.  The record allows Green to highlight all of the facets of his songwriting, from Blues-tinged rockers to pedal steel-soaked acoustic gems.  Songs like "Northern Wind" have a beautiful intimacy, as if Green is in the same room and singing right to you, while "Sorrowing Man" is dark and brooding, anchored by an ominous organ in the chorus. The record also highlights Green's impressive vocal range, from driving a full band on the rousing chorus of "Natural Disaster" or sighing mellifluously on opener "We Found Each Other in the Dark."

Green - who has won Juno's (Canadian Grammy's) for ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (2007), SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (2009) - has enjoyed incredible success around the globe.  In addition to fronting rock band Alexisonfire and selling out theaters that hold thousands of people in North America when he tours as City and Colour, Green has a rabid fan base abroad; his City and Colour show at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall this past April sold out in mere hours.

Green recently received "what sounds like a hero's welcome" at Sasquatch according to NPR<http://www.npr.org/2011/05/23/136580847/sasquatch-2011-city-and-colour-live-in-concert> and will be appearing later this summer at several US and European festivals including Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. PacSun is offering a fly away sweepstakes on their site for fans to win a trip to see City and Colour in Chicago at Lollapalooza next month. Details and entry form can be found here: http://shop.pacsun.com/content.jsp?pageName=cityColour

Praise for CITY AND COLOUR and LITTLE HELL:

"Little Hell is certainly City and Colour's most accomplished work to date. Green once again explores folk territory ... while other songs evoke blues and country. Yet for all this diversity, Hell remains a coherent and engaging record..." (four stars) - Alternative Press

"Dallas Green knows how to write a love song, and isn't afraid to go all-out.  Green has become well known for his melancholy vocals and sweet songwriting through his independent project, City and Colour." - Interviewmag.com

"Fragile Bird" video - http://cityandcolour.ca/2011/05/27/fragile-bird-video-live-now/

Hear the whole album NOW! - http://grooveshark.com/#/album/Little+Hell/6328075

Upcoming CITY AND COLOUR Shows:
07-01                     Kent, UK - Hop Farm Festival
07-03                     Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms
07-06                     Leeds, UK - Irish Centre
07-09                     Punchestown, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-21                     Calgary, Canada - Calgary
07-29                     North Bay Ontario, Canada - Summer in the Park Festival
07-31                     Montreal, Canada - Osheaga Festival
08-05-07               Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
09-17                     Austin, TX - Austin City Limits

www.cityandcolour.ca<http://www.cityandcolour.ca/>

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