“Making [2008’s] Missiles was a kind of therapy; written as the band was falling apart, recorded in the groups’ final days. We finished it and then everyone who played on it left. While the collapse ...

Murray Lightburn, the self-styled "writer and director" of the cultish Canadian darlings The Dears, does not look like a man upon whose shoulders the worries of the world rest lightly. On stage he's a ...

It may come as a surprise to some, others won't believe it at all, but the Dears don't want to be rock stars. Mainstream affiliations, miles of newsprint and obnoxious aviator shades may suggest ...

Montréal’s The Dears have announced a new album, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!, and shared a new song from it, “Tears of a Nation,” via a music video co-directed by Kevin ...

Montréal’s The Dears have released “Babe, We’ll Find a Way,” their first new single in almost five years. They have also announced some new tour dates. “Babe, We’ll Find a Way” is the band’s first ...

The Dears' members, led by singer Murray Lightburn, have been through many different lineups since the indie-pop group formed in 1995. Their debut album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, was released ...

The Dears sprung to prominence in the UK with their British-tinged masterpiece No Cities Left. Developing the sound on their most recent album Gang of Losers, they’ve now found themselves as part of ...

Steve Lamacq once said of [a]Pulp[/a]’s ‘Common People’ that its success was partly owed to “everyone desperately wanting them to have a hit”. He could dust off those words again when describing ...