Canada’s The Dears have returned with their first new music since 2011’s Degeneration Street album. ‘I Used To Pray For The Heavens To Fall’ is a truly epic taster for the band’s new album Times Infinity Volume 1, which we are promised will be followed by a Volume 2 shortly afterwards.
The Dears have been led by Murray Lightburn for 20 years now, and he is as compelling a front man as you are ever likely to come across, with his voice 7 parts Damon Albarn to 3 parts Morrissey. This track has a huge, widescreen sound full of orchestral sweeps and dramatic flourishes, and comes complete with a truly affecting ‘lyric video’ featuring a cartoon beetle called Hercules. You could imagine it accompanying a Radiohead track.
‘I Used To Pray For The Heavens To Fall’ is a glorious return and augers well for the album.
