The Love Still Held Me Near

Tragedy has a way of bringing out the best in songwriters. That's certainly the case for Dallas Green (Alexisonfire) on The Love Still Held Me Near, his seventh studio album under the moniker City and Colour. Produced by Green and longtime band member and collaborator Matt Kelly, the 12-track set is arguably the most sonically aggressive and stylistically expansive outing in the City and Colour canon. It comes from what Green acknowledges was the most difficult time in his life. “The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed… It’s about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort you through those times. For me that has always been writing and recording music, so that’s exactly what I did." - Dallas Green, City and Colour