“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 ...

Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak are a husband-and-wife duo who lead the acclaimed Montreal rock band The Dears. In the early 2000s, they put a heavy stamp on indie pop music in Canada. Now, ...

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 ...

"The Dears don't have throwaway tracks," insists longtime keyboardist Natalia Yanchak. "We literally throw those tracks away." Acknowledging her "arrogant" outlook, she says that the Dears' songs are ...

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 ...

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 ...