The Hurry And The Harm
City and Colour
The Hurry and the Harm is the fourth studio album by City and Colour — the solo project of Dallas Green, former guitarist and vocalist of Alexisonfire — released on June 4, 2013 via Dine Alone Records and Cooking Vinyl. Produced by Alex Newport (The Mars Volta) and recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville — the first City and Colour album recorded outside of Canada — the 12-track, 50-minute record was made in the wake of Alexisonfire's disbandment, marking Green's full commitment to City and Colour as his primary artistic identity. The album brought in an impressive array of session musicians, including Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather) and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), and represents Green's most sonically expansive work to that point: fuller arrangements, electric guitar, synthesizers, strings, and thick vocal harmonies all make appearances alongside the acoustic folk-rock foundation he had built across his previous three records.
Thematically, the album centres on a rejection of modern greed and frenetic pace — the title track opens with the line "Everyone wants everything, no matter the cost" — and threads a self-aware introspection through its 12 songs. Highlights include the driving "Harder Than Stone," the soulful and rhythmically surprising "Thirst," the string-laden "Two Coins," and the closing pair "The Golden State" and "Death's Song," which many reviewers found to be the album's most emotionally resonant moments. The Fire Note called it "vibrant and forthright," and The Music praised Green for having "truly found the flow, voice and soul of City and Colour." Commercially it was a major success, debuting at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with 23,000 copies sold in its first week — Green's second consecutive Canadian No. 1 — and reaching No. 16 on the US Billboard 200.
The Hurry And The Harm
City and Colour
The Hurry and the Harm is the fourth studio album by City and Colour — the solo project of Dallas Green, former guitarist and vocalist of Alexisonfire — released on June 4, 2013 via Dine Alone Records and Cooking Vinyl. Produced by Alex Newport (The Mars Volta) and recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville — the first City and Colour album recorded outside of Canada — the 12-track, 50-minute record was made in the wake of Alexisonfire's disbandment, marking Green's full commitment to City and Colour as his primary artistic identity. The album brought in an impressive array of session musicians, including Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather) and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), and represents Green's most sonically expansive work to that point: fuller arrangements, electric guitar, synthesizers, strings, and thick vocal harmonies all make appearances alongside the acoustic folk-rock foundation he had built across his previous three records.
Thematically, the album centres on a rejection of modern greed and frenetic pace — the title track opens with the line "Everyone wants everything, no matter the cost" — and threads a self-aware introspection through its 12 songs. Highlights include the driving "Harder Than Stone," the soulful and rhythmically surprising "Thirst," the string-laden "Two Coins," and the closing pair "The Golden State" and "Death's Song," which many reviewers found to be the album's most emotionally resonant moments. The Fire Note called it "vibrant and forthright," and The Music praised Green for having "truly found the flow, voice and soul of City and Colour." Commercially it was a major success, debuting at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with 23,000 copies sold in its first week — Green's second consecutive Canadian No. 1 — and reaching No. 16 on the US Billboard 200.