#thedears

[danielavantgarde]

Galactic tides Will end our lives Taking us down in the moonlight. 🎵 #TheDears #GalacticTides https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3tfL0F_as/?utm_medium=tumblr

[randomrecordreview]

“I discovered The Dears during a strange period in my life when I was ill and recently single, signed off sick from work and, for several months, unable to leave the house. Once I became strong enough to walk the 150 metres up the road, I regularly visited my local library in Stoke Newington. It became a lifeline, as public libraries often are, and I raided their music library of CDs with carefree abandon. I made several enlightening discoveries during this period, United Future Organisation being one of the them, and The Dears another. . This is the Canadian band’s second LP, their third Gang Of Losers, popped up on my randometer only a couple of months ago. It’s a well-crafted album of indie pop, “musically directed” by Murray Lightburn, whose warm tenor voice carries subject matter both ‘light’ and in a romantic vein (We Can Have It) and that bordering on the apocalyptic (Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe?). And that’s just the first two tracks of the album. . Alongside other great bands coming out of Montreal: Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Dears are up there and should be better known in the UK. . Many of the tracks on this album are around the 5-7 minutes mark and often feature sweeping instrumental sections, creating a cinematic and epic effect, particularly on songs like Postcard From Purgatory and Pinned Together, Falling Apart. . My CD copy of the album includes the EP Protest, which is also brilliant and fitting to play right now. Loud. “This is the summer of protest” Murray sings here, originally back in 2004. Never more needed than now.” . FOR FULL REVIEW & PLAYLIST CLICK LINK IN BIO: . #thedears @thedears #nocitiesleft #lostintheplot #warmandsunnydays #wecanhaveit #summerofprotest #indiemusic #montrealbands #canadamusicscene #recordcollection #nowplaying #nowlistening #randomrecordreview https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUBizoJcIL/?igshid=g1svlk8sn0r7

[thinkibetterfollowyouaround]

Murray Lightburn and Alfredo after his acoustic set at the Casbah 3/1/18 Happy Birthday to @murray_a_lightburn #murraylightburn @thedears #thedears @dangerbirdrecords #dangerbirdrecords #nocitiesleft #theworstinus #gangoflosers #pisces @casbahsandiego #casbahsandiego #casbah #casbahsd #casbahpresents #concert #concertphotography #wecouldntmakeit2theparty #itibfya #ithinkibetterfollowyouaround https://www.instagram.com/p/B9_NBAQH6_O/?igshid=1r8hi16vu6ko2

[randomrecordreview]

“I came across The Dears from their second album No Cities Left, the 2005 reissue that also contained their earlier Protest EP, and I fell a little bit in love with Murray Lightburn’s voice. . A Canadian band from Montreal, but as different from their city siblings Arcade Fire as from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Lightburn has a lovely warm and soft voice and could probably croon quite successfully, but his heart is firmly entrenched in mid-90s Britpop. . The Dears are essentially the husband and wife team of Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak who handles all keyboards and backing vocals, and they’re accompanied by a different “Gang of Losers” from album to album. This one is heavier on the guitar with less of the sweeping orchestral backdrop of No Cities Left which remains my favourite of theirs. . But to dismiss The Dears as Britpop revivalists is to do them a massive disservice, they’re far better than that. Ignoring the frequent comparisons with The Smiths and Blur, they’re perhaps closer in sensibility and sound to a band like Gene. And that’s not a bad thing at all.” . FOR FULL REVIEW & PLAYLIST CLICK LINK IN PROFILE: https://randomrecordreview.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/373-the-dears-gang-of-losers/ . #thedears @thedears #gangoflosers #tickettoimmortality #whitesonlyparty #theregoesmyoutfit @bella_union #britpop #britpoprevival #geneband #canadianmusic #cdreview #recordcollection #nowplaying #nowlistening #randomrecordreview https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VAu1ZJ8eU/?igshid=1nk022r2i3oyn

[elromer0]

ㅤ The Dears / Foro Indierocks! / Julio 2017 

[russmckendrick]

Finally on vinyl #thedears #missiles 🎧 #nowplaying #vinyl #33rpm #album #analog #collector #coverart #instamusic #instavinyl #lp #musiclover #nowspinning #record #recordcollection #vinyladdict #vinylart #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylcommunity #vinylgram #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylrecord #wax #tunes #cover (at Carlton, Nottingham, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BquQU-KAF-q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kkqzr1p40hoj

[chelo-darling]

🎶Fasting love will lead us all to nowhere When, when will we learn I shall avenge the death of all the romance Until, until I'm gone I can't believe the things you say Tell me, tell me Tell me the lies🎶 . . . . . #thedears #nocitiesleft #22thedeathofalltheromance #songoftheday #album #lyricsquote #nowplaying #music #song #musiciseverything #musiclover #musiciansofinstagram #band #musicians #artistsofinstagram #artists #creatives #creators #latenightpost #nightowl #cool @Regran_ed from @radiohoofdnz https://www.instagram.com/p/Bof1EVznD4N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14hmkonmm9buy

[thinkibetterfollowyouaround]

#nowspinning The Dears / No Cities Left / Bella Union @thedears #thedears #nocitiesleft @bella_union #bellaunion #bellaunionrecords #vinyl #vinyljunkie #vinyljunkies #vinylcollection #vinyligclub #records #recordcollection #33rpm #turntable #spintheblackcircle #itibfya #ithinkibetterfollowyouaround