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- Summary: The Montreal band led by Murray Lightburn is a little more rocking and a little less orchestral on this follow-up to 'No Cities Left.'
- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 29
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Mixed: 8 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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The Dears have never sounded so comfortable in their own skin.
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A haunting disc that lingers long after the laser dies.
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The real difference between this album and past Dears efforts, though, is not so much musical directness as Lightburn's lyrical attempts to become the spokesman for the dispossessed.
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In the end, what makes the Dears a cut above, a band that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as its Canadian indie compatriots the New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene, is the voice of Lightburn.
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The overall tone of the album isn't entirely dark and hopeless, although Lightburn fails to leave us with any specific resolve, instead content for some questions to remain unanswered.
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The Dears are now less idiosyncratic but have successfully made the kind of straightforwardly satisfying album that you'd expect from a band on their second decade.
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Shorn of the orchestral lushness that distinguished their previous effort, The Dears now have little to recommend them.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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CatAug 11, 2007Truly emotional and powerful stuff from this talented band. This was the best album of 06.
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ChrisMDec 23, 2006
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BlakeLAug 11, 2007Great, great album.
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mattaOct 12, 2006
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OttoZNov 29, 2006
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ewanmOct 10, 2006
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JohnCOct 3, 2006
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