The Dears

Lovers Rock

The Dears’ latest album, Lovers Rock, transports listeners into another dimension with ethereal dream-pop melodies and dark guitar riffs.

The Montreal band’s eighth album is a spiritual successor to the residual incertitude of 2003’s No Cities Left — something that becomes apparent in the dreariness of songs like “Instant Nightmare!” The world is falling apart, but “nobody gives a damn.”

Lyrically, the songs strike with a sense of hopelessness, as “nobody wants to die, but does anyone want to live?” This is a relentless quest for solace from