Author Topic: The Dears  (Read 1218 times)

kosmo vinyl

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The Dears
« on: February 27, 2005, 02:51:00 am »
Has this band been discussed yet, I can't remember either way. Pulled a track of thiers, "Summer of Protest" off Pitchfork and was like WOW this is fab stuff.  Is the rest of thier output like this?  Me thinks I could enjoy the heck out of this band.  But are they already so last month....
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Re: The Dears
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2005, 03:00:00 am »
No, they're actually next month... As in, they're opening for The Soundtrack of Our Lives on March 21st. See you there.  :)

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Re: The Dears
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2005, 08:12:00 am »
Singer's voice is a dead ringer of Morrisey. wow.

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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2005, 09:59:00 am »
Singer looks like he's from Planet of the Apes. Wow!
 
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Re: The Dears
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2005, 02:15:00 pm »
I've seen them twice now and didn't enjoy them either time. Something about them bugs me and I can't quite pinpoint it. Perhaps it's how the singer sounds live. I haven't heard their recorded stuff.

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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2005, 06:26:00 pm »
They've been discussed before to a very low degree but nothing worth hanging onto. That's how most people seem to take to them. For the most part, the consenses for the past year or two, here and on all of the other boards that I frequent, are about the same. A few people really like them but most people find them kind of boring with a whole lot of them being irritated by the singer's voice.
 
 I absolutely love the song "Summer Of Protest" but haven't really liked anything else from them. Too bad that sound doesn't carry through for the rest of their works.

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Re: The Dears
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2005, 09:03:00 am »
At least on SOP it was partly the singers voice which really struck me... Then again I like Stew's from The Negro Problems voice as well.  Their EP is up on eMusic, will have to download it this evening.
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Re: The Dears
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2005, 01:18:00 pm »
"Lost the Plot" is a good tune. Nothing innovative though. I think the singer sounds like Damon.