City and Colour announce new album

City and Colour will release its new album, The Hurry and The Harm, on June 4th; more info can be found below

Good Morning!

Today is album announce day and i finally get to share all the fun stuff.

I am excited to introduce all of you to my upcoming album -
The Hurry and The Harm.

June 4th is the official release date around the world (May 31 in Australia & Germany and June 1 in every other European country). The iTunes pre-order will begin April 9 and will include an option for a deluxe version that includes 3 extra songs. (More info & links coming soon)

The support you all showed, for the first song I shared two weeks ago, “of space and time”, was overwhelming. Thank you!!! it means the world to me.

I had an amazing time recording The Hurry and The Harm in Nashville this winter. Alex Newport joined me as producer again and I couldn’t be prouder of the talented group of guys that joined me. Jack Lawrence played bass (and has since joined me on the road), Matt Chamberlain and James Gadson took turns on drums, Bo Koster worked the keys, Spencer Cullum Jr added pedal steel and both Anthony Lamarchina & Karen Winkelmann contributed to the string arrangement.

I never thought I’d want a picture of myself on the cover of a record, but here we are. I sent Dustin Rabin one of my favorite lyrics on the record and the album artwork was born:
"I’ve always been dark, with light somewhere in the distance"

Over the next few weeks more info will continue to follow. For now, I’m very excited to share this with everyone and grateful for all the years we’ve shared that led to this record.

Track Listing:

01. The Hurry and The Harm
02. Harder Than Stone
03. Of Space and Time
04. The Lonely Life
05. Paradise
06. Commentators
07. Thirst
08. Two Coins
09. Take Care
10. Ladies and Gentlemen
11. The Golden State
12. Death’s Song

5 Albums That Influenced Me: Ben Barlow (Neck Deep)

This week’s debut feature; “Albums That Influenced Me” contributor is vocalist Ben Barlow of Neck Deep!

Blink 182 - Blink are my all time favorite band, they’re the band that as a kid defined music for me, ever since I heard blink all I wanted to do was be in a band, so that’s a pretty obvious one.

New Found Glory - My second favorite band, same as above. For me Blink and New Found Glory go hand in hand.

Dallas Green (City and Colour) - I’ve always been into folk music, I did a little acoustic thing a few years back and Dallas was always my idol. His style of writing songs and his lyrics were what I loved. That acoustic project was the building blocks to where I am now, so to City and Colour, I owe that.

Eminem/ Notorious BIG - I know this is technically two artists, but its so hard to chose between the two and they inspire me for the same reasons. I’ve always been big on hip hop, and still listen to a lot of hip hop today, biggie and Eminem were always my favorites. Where I took inspiration lyrically from new found, blink and Dallas green, biggie and Eminem’s flow was always something I loved and it kind of just sank in after a while and I think that shows in some neck deep songs.

Bring Me The Horizon - I know some people might be a bit surprised by this one, but there on here with good reason. I was always a big fan of bring me when I was younger and there new stuff is sounding amazing again which is good to see. However, they inspire me because of what they achieved and where they came from, they did it properly and deserve to be where they are now. I could only ever dream of neck deep doing something on a similar scale.

 

City and Colour Announces Holiday Vinyl

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Alexisonfire announce farewell tour dates

Alexisonfire have announced details of their farewell tour; dates are below

12.03 - Brixton Academy London, UK
12.07 - Via Punchal Sao Paulo, Brazil
12.11 - Hordern Pavillion Sydney, Australia
12.12 - Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia
12.19 - Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, Canada
12.20 - Big Pour Building Calgary, Canada
12.22 - Metropolis Montreal, Canada
12.26 - Sound Academy Toronto, Canada
12.27 - Sound Academy Toronto, Canada

Watch City and Colour's video for Weightless

Watch the premiere of City and Colour's new music video for “Weightless” here.