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Track List
01) We Found Each Other in the Dark
02) Natural Disaster
03) The Grand Optimist
04) Little Hell
05) Fragile Bird
06) Northern Wind
07) O' Sister
08) Weightless
09) Sorrowing Man
10) Silver and Gold
11) Hope for Now
01) We Found Each Other in the Dark
02) Natural Disaster
03) The Grand Optimist
04) Little Hell
05) Fragile Bird
06) Northern Wind
07) O' Sister
08) Weightless
09) Sorrowing Man
10) Silver and Gold
11) Hope for Now
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First Released
2011
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Little Hell is the third album by City and Colour released on June 7, 2011. Besides Dallas Green who recorded the majority of the instrumentals himself, contributing musicians on the record also include Daniel Romano of Attack in Black, Dylan Green and Scott Remila of Raising the Fawn, Nick Skalkos of The Miniatures, Misha Bower of Bruce Peninsula and Anna Jarvis and Jordan Mitchell of The Rest. The album art is an illustration of Allard Schager's photo 'Fields of Gold', originally taken in a tulip field outside Alkmaar in North Holland.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
User Album Review
Dallas Green’s third solo LP lacks bite enough to make it stand out.
Raziq Rauf 2011
In much the same way that Chris Carrabba’s Dashboard Confessional solo side-project soon overshadowed his day-job band Further Seems Forever a decade ago, Dallas Green’s City and Colour puts Alexisonfire into the shade with ease. It’s a curious phenomenon because Green represents the beautiful, honey-soaked vocal alternative to George Pettit – the gruff main vocalist of Alexisonfire. You’d be forgiven for thinking Green might be trying to look unreasonably sexy by standing next to the ugliest person in the room, but he really does have an outstanding and truly distinctive voice.
Moving on from 2008’s folky Bring Me Your Love, there’s a melancholic and bluesy vibe to be found on Little Hell, and this occasionally descends into southern, country-tinged gospel tones. Neil Young is a decent reference point in both style and substance, and while there are many moments where it appears that Green is simply moaning, his brave, bucolic voice shines through. We Found Each Other in the Dark opens the album with sad country guitars – it’s a love song, but the lyrics only barely give this away, such is the consistently lamenting nature of Green’s vocals.
Silver and Gold is a gentle acoustic journey through another poignant and painful experience. He’s a troubled gentleman and tells a story with a sincerity and fluency that is truly masterful. His lyrics may tackle situations that seem as personal and difficult as can be, but the sense that the listener will always be able to relate to them remains constant. Whether we want our stars to be so easily relatable is another question, though, and how true these stories are is never clear.
In Alexisonfire, Green acts as a comforting foil to the aggressive hardcore elements of the band; but there is nothing to counterbalance his syrupy goodness here. While the songwriting is as subtle as it is persuasively catchy and constantly morose, some added variety and bite in delivery would certainly help. The songs vary very little in length, while only the quaint Fragile Bird and curiously swaying Natural Disaster can be described as up-tempo. As it stands, Green has moved forward – or at least sideways – with each of his three City and Colour albums. But all in all, it’s difficult to call Little Hell anything much more than nice.
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Little Hell is the third album by City and Colour released on June 7, 2011. Besides Dallas Green who recorded the majority of the instrumentals himself, contributing musicians on the record also include Daniel Romano of Attack in Black, Dylan Green and Scott Remila of Raising the Fawn, Nick Skalkos of The Miniatures, Misha Bower of Bruce Peninsula and Anna Jarvis and Jordan Mitchell of The Rest. The album art is an illustration of Allard Schager's photo 'Fields of Gold', originally taken in a tulip field outside Alkmaar in North Holland.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
User Album Review
Dallas Green’s third solo LP lacks bite enough to make it stand out.
Raziq Rauf 2011
In much the same way that Chris Carrabba’s Dashboard Confessional solo side-project soon overshadowed his day-job band Further Seems Forever a decade ago, Dallas Green’s City and Colour puts Alexisonfire into the shade with ease. It’s a curious phenomenon because Green represents the beautiful, honey-soaked vocal alternative to George Pettit – the gruff main vocalist of Alexisonfire. You’d be forgiven for thinking Green might be trying to look unreasonably sexy by standing next to the ugliest person in the room, but he really does have an outstanding and truly distinctive voice.
Moving on from 2008’s folky Bring Me Your Love, there’s a melancholic and bluesy vibe to be found on Little Hell, and this occasionally descends into southern, country-tinged gospel tones. Neil Young is a decent reference point in both style and substance, and while there are many moments where it appears that Green is simply moaning, his brave, bucolic voice shines through. We Found Each Other in the Dark opens the album with sad country guitars – it’s a love song, but the lyrics only barely give this away, such is the consistently lamenting nature of Green’s vocals.
Silver and Gold is a gentle acoustic journey through another poignant and painful experience. He’s a troubled gentleman and tells a story with a sincerity and fluency that is truly masterful. His lyrics may tackle situations that seem as personal and difficult as can be, but the sense that the listener will always be able to relate to them remains constant. Whether we want our stars to be so easily relatable is another question, though, and how true these stories are is never clear.
In Alexisonfire, Green acts as a comforting foil to the aggressive hardcore elements of the band; but there is nothing to counterbalance his syrupy goodness here. While the songwriting is as subtle as it is persuasively catchy and constantly morose, some added variety and bite in delivery would certainly help. The songs vary very little in length, while only the quaint Fragile Bird and curiously swaying Natural Disaster can be described as up-tempo. As it stands, Green has moved forward – or at least sideways – with each of his three City and Colour albums. But all in all, it’s difficult to call Little Hell anything much more than nice.
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