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The Dears
- Record Label: Next Door Records
- Release Date: Nov 7, 2025
- Summary: The ninth full-length release from Montreal indie rock band The Dears is its first since 2020's Lovers Rock.
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- Record Label: Next Door Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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MojoNov 12, 2025["This Is How We Make Our Dreams Come True" is] one misfire in a never-predictable and constantly shapeshifting and imaginative album. [Jan 2026, p.85]
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Nov 12, 2025Twenty years on, The Dears still have a vital, driving passion that deserves a wider UK audience.
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Nov 12, 2025The returns aren’t as immediate, even if the group’s beauty ultimately shines through. Lightburn sounds willing to expand the Dears’ universe, not at the detriment of losing something they have worked so hard to achieve, but rather asserting his confidence that they will emerge whole.
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UncutNov 12, 2025Another satisfyingly robust effort. [Review of the Year 2025, p.23]