City and Colour are well-known for their emotive and soul-touching songs. Their 2011 album Little Hell especially was a very personal album for the group's frontman Dallas Green, as through many of the songs Green pours out his innermost feelings, and through soothing and beautiful vocals touches on some of the most troubling experiences that he and his loved ones have faced. The Grand Optimist for example, touches on "his own pessimistic view of the world and his father's upbeat perspective" (CTV), while Fragile Bird explores his wife's nightmares and night terrors, and Little Hell is "is about the "ups and downs" in all relationships, and the pain that can be inflicted by two people who love each other" (CTV).
One song on the album stands out though, besides being incredibly heart-wrenching, honest, and captivating, the song O'Sister (found below) also touches on mental health. Through the song, Green delves into his sister's struggles with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and shares his guilt for being away on tour and not being there to support her.
Green's sister Jordan, further discusses her diagnosis and experiences with GAD, as well as how music has helped her to recover in an article for the St. Catherine Standard, which can be found here: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2011/10/13/music-heals-me-says-dallas-greens-sister-jordan
One song on the album stands out though, besides being incredibly heart-wrenching, honest, and captivating, the song O'Sister (found below) also touches on mental health. Through the song, Green delves into his sister's struggles with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and shares his guilt for being away on tour and not being there to support her.
Green's sister Jordan, further discusses her diagnosis and experiences with GAD, as well as how music has helped her to recover in an article for the St. Catherine Standard, which can be found here: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2011/10/13/music-heals-me-says-dallas-greens-sister-jordan
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