Sometimes I Wish

I love having the ability to listen to my headphones at work. Music can make the most mundane more interesting. And I love it when my iTunes shuffle brings up an much neglected track.

"Against the Grain" by City and Colour literally made me stop what I was doing and made me listen intensely, followed by a few thousand repeats of the same track. It's a breathtakingly beautiful soft ditty about following your heart. It made me sad. It made me content. It made me want to be a better person, less shallow person. It's amazing what a song can do.

City and Colour - Against the Grain (mp3) (buy)

Happiness is not a fish that you can catch?

Okay, so the title is misleading because it is the title of an Our Lady Peace album, but it describes the new City and Colour album Bring Me Your Love (released today) so well. While this record continues in the same introspective vein as Sometimes, it has a bit more range and dare I say it? Much happier, like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. It's still muted but you can can hear through his voice that the future can look bright.

City and Colour - Casey's Song (mp3) from Sometimes (2005)
City and Colour - Comin' Home (mp3) from Sometimes (2005)

City and Colour - Waiting (mp3) from Bring Me Your Love (2008)
City and Colour - That Girl (mp3) from Bring Me Your Love (2008)