:: INTERVIEW :: Montreal Darlings The Dears on the Ups, the Downs, and the In-Betweens
@TheDears’ latest studio album finds the revered indie band questioning and then celebrating this fleeting time spent on Earth.
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Jeromme Graham talks to Murray Lightburn of The Dears about the band’s latest album, “Life is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful!” @thedears@JerommeGraham https://t.co/TwCWgGxLeA
For our recurring Self-Portrait feature, we ask musicians to take a self-portrait photo and write a list of personal things about themselves. This Self-Portrait is by Natalia Yanchak of The Dears.
Read it here:
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"If you just lived your entire life on the internet, you'd think that everybody is angry all the time. It’s big business to be a rage farmer. The more we push back against darkness, the more light we will see and feel. This album is absolutely a manifestation of that." @thedears
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Our final cover star of 2025 is Hayley Williams 🪂 She spoke with us about her 20 years in the music industry, the ever-changing concert culture and her latest album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party: https://t.co/iPXgesDxDp
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“Life is tough…but we find out how strong we can be," said @thedears of their hopeful new album 'Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!' — out today (via @nextdoorrecs): https://t.co/nMZrTiTLd3
.@thedears - Life Is Beautiful! Life is beautiful!
"The Dears are still masters of ‘orchestral pop noir romantique" @adamsyntax
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'Twenty years on, The Dears still have a vital, driving passion that deserves a wider UK audience' - @theskinnymag's 4* review of @thedears' new LP: https://t.co/rLZSq4ARQT The band play @nightanddaycafe on Fri 20 Feb - and tickets are already running low: https://t.co/GzvW69WEti
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Our history with The Dears goes back two decades—covers, interviews, photo shoots, and a real creative kinship.
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The Dears (@thedears) are releasing a new album, "Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!," this Friday on Next Door Records (@nextdoorrecs). Now they have shared its latest single, “Doom Pays,” via a music video.
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"The Dears don't have throwaway tracks. We literally throw those tracks away."
For our High 5 column, we got Natalia Yanchak of @thedears to rank the five best songs from throughout the band's career
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With their new album, the Dears add some complex sounds to expand their universe, even if their consistency was never in question.
@TheDears' Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! is out on 7 Nov.
REVIEW: https://t.co/Uolju9qIP3