The Dears
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| The Dears | ||
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 The Dears performing in Leicester in 2005.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec Canada  |
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| Genre(s) | Indie rock | |
| Years active | 1995 – present | |
| Label(s) | Grenadine Records/MapleMusic Recordings | |
| Website | http://www.thedears.org/ | |
| Members | ||
| Murray Lightburn George Donoso Valerie Jodoin-Keaton Natalia Yanchak Patrick Krief Martin Pelland |
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| Former members | ||
| Richard MacDonald John Tod Andrew White Roberto Arquilla Brigitte Mayes Jonathan Cohen Rob Benvie Joseph Donovan |
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The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec.
The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, in 2000. In 2001 and 2002 they also released the EPs Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique and Protest, as well as a collection of unreleased songs, Nor the Dahlias. They have opened for Sloan and Morrissey. In 2003 they released their second full-length album No Cities Left, and in 2006 they released Gang Of Losers.
The lineup of the band changes frequently, the only constant member being Murray Lightburn. The current members of the band are George Donoso, Valerie Jodoin-Keaton, Patrick Krief, Martin Pelland, and Lightburn's wife, Natalia Yanchak - and have been since 2004.
The band's music has been described as a cross between The Smiths, Serge Gainsbourg and Joy Division, with Lightburn's singing voice being likened to that of Blur's Damon Albarn and Morrissey, while the complexity of the music and arrangements reminds more of the art rock scene (Radiohead, Jethro Tull, Genesis).
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[edit] Band Members
[edit] Current Members
- Murray Lightburn
- George Donoso
- Valerie Jodoin-Keaton
- Natalia Yanchak
- Patrick Krief
- Martin Pelland
[edit] Past Members
- Richard MacDonald (1995-1998)
- John Tod (1995-2000)
- Andrew White (1995-1998)
- Roberto Arquilla (1998-2000)
- Brigitte Mayes (1999-2002)
- Jonathan Cohen (1999-2002)
- Rob Benvie (2002-2003)
- Joseph Donovan (2003 - touring guitar player)
[edit] Discography
- End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story (2000)
- Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique (2001)
- Nor the Dahlias: The Dears 1995-1998 (2001)
- Protest (2002)
- No Cities Left (2003)
- Thank You Good Night Sold Out (2004)
- Gang of Losers (#52 CAN) (2006)
[edit] UK Singles
- We Can Have It (2004)
- Lost in the Plot (8/11/2004) 49
- 22: The Death of All the Romance (2/5/2005) 53
- Ticket to Immortality (14/8/2006)
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