When Dallas Green released his first City and Colour album, Sometimes, in 2005, its heart-rending acoustic confessionals stood in stark contrast to the mosh-pit-sparking noise he made with St. Catharines post-hardcore crew Alexisonfire. But apparently, there was still room to make Sometimes’ acoustic serenades sound even more gentle. To mark the 20th anniversary of his debut, Green is officially releasing a project that actually predates the pandemic: a re-recording of Sometimes that changes the album’s natural habitat from the campfire to the nursery. Sometimes Lullaby is an all-instrumental update that swaps out Green’s acoustic guitar and vocals for chiming xylophone-like melodies and synthetic strings, effectively treating the emotional bloodletting of the originals with a soothing aloe vera balm. But even if you don’t have a baby in an Alexisonfire onesie that you need to put down for a nap, Sometimes Lullaby is an opportunity to appreciate Green’s melodic gifts in a new light—who knew the scrappy emo-folk anthem “Save Your Scissors” could work just as well as a wintry Brian Wilson-esque soundscape?