The Dears 

Live reviews

• I knew that as soon I heard that The Dears were coming to town that I was buying tickets, regardless of the cost. Ideally for me they were playing at one of my favorite venues, a cozy little place that could fit under 200 people at the most. Perfect venue for the indie group, with all their little quirks and all.

  This band looks like someone walked down a busy city street and randomly selected the first six people they saw to form this band. That's not a bad thing, it's a good thing as it really fuels their creativity. It also seems to give them and underdog mentality that comes through their music.

  While they rock and can get good and loud like the rest of them, I really appreciate the somber tone or inner sadness that peeks through in some of their songs. It's instantly something I can relate to and I think really draws myself (as well as their other fans) to them.

  That honesty really shined through in this live performance, and these guys (and girl) really poured their energy and emotions into their songs. The crowd could not have been more enthused, the applause was constant, and I, as well as others, sang along to many of the songs. It was a really good show!

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  By Anonymous

• Hey Seattle, you missed a virtuoso performance by Murray Lightburn of the Dears. I don’t get it. Maybe it wasn’t marketed well - it wasn’t showing up at times on Cop Suey’s calendar - but holy hell, there were like maybe 25 people there. For the Dears!

  It was a rainy Wednesday night in Seattle, so I guess binge watching Netflix and ordering UberEats is preferable to witnessing a truly humbling talent reach back into the Dears catalogue with nothing but his golden voice and an acoustic guitar.

  I’m embarrassed. I thought we were better than that. Sorry Murray.

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  by matt-owen-5

• Simply amazing! If you haven't listened to them or been to one of their concerts yet, I don't know what you are doing with your life. One of the best bands ever! Fantastic sound, incredible voices and a performance that will leave you absolutely speechless. Please, please, please, come back to London soon!

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  by raquel_bermudez

• Great showmanship, murrays vocals were on point. The performance was really tight, and the new album plays very well live. I was really hoping for songs like galactic tides, lights off, and lamentation, but still a great set list. I think the sound could've been better, but still was fine.

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  by tim-bisley

• Bloody brilliant! I've been waiting a long time for The Dears to come back to the UK and now I've seen them twice in the same year playing their Times Infinity albums 1 & 2. I really hope they won't leave it so long before coming back again.

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  by laura-woolford