If you were worried that City and Colour would have trouble releasing anything remotely close to Sometimes, then fear not. Save your scissors and get involved with yet another acoustic masterpiece.

Dallas Green told Bandidge back in November he had ‘different plans’ for his second slice of solo work but nothing could have prepared us for this. Expecting something closer to his AlexisOnFire metal style, the second album is anything but.

Each track is still held neatly together with his trademark acoustic guitar, a feel ever evident from the first album. But Bring Me Your Love has this gentle folk feel with country elements creeping in. These incredibly delicate influences make this album stand out from the first without shadowing it.

So expect to hear some banjos, the odd harmonica and even a hint of a reggae riff in Body in a Box. Yet none of these are over powering influences, making Green sound like he’s preparing tracks for a barn dance. He’s managed to pull off these small touches in places where tracks would be lost without them.

The production on Bring Me Your Love is what separates it from the first introducing a more live feel. Tracks like Forgive Me and Waiting.. echo a rawness both vocally and instrumentally. And lyrically you can only expect the best and its what you get. This time round, he concentrates on life reflections, mistakes and words of blunt honesty.

It’s difficult to not want to like this album although some fan’s will undoubtedly be clutching at Sometimes and wondering why Green has appeared to have lost his roots. The truth is, the roots are there in his voice, his honesty in music and his ability to strum beautiful acoustic chords.