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4 unusual facts about the Dears


Donkey Heart

The band began performing around Montreal on a regular basis, performing with bands such as The Dears, Bad Flirt, Rance Mulnix, Beaver, The Alex Chow Symphony Orchestra, Telefauna, Rocket v. Robot, Raw Madonna, Stars, The Diskettes, Pony Up!, Dead Bush, and many others.

Faith in Plastics

Since then, Faith in Plastics have become part of the flourishing Perth music establishment, supporting renowned Canadian indie outfit The Dears and high profile Australian acts Eskimo Joe, New Rules for Boats, Snowman, The Panics and Josh Pyke.

Micah Meisner

He has worked with Canadian musical artists such as K-os, Metric, Buck 65, and The Dears.

New Rhodes

The band regularly toured the UK and, in addition to headlining, they have toured with Razorlight, Bloc Party, The Dears, Delays, Hope of the States, The Killers and The Futureheads.


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Grenadine Records

Grenadine Records has released albums in both English and French by bands including the Dears, Nightwood, Shane Watt, the Frenetics, Tricky Woo, Blurtonia, Shy Child, Alexis O'Hara, the American Devices, Melon Galia, music for mapmakers, LowBrow, Starvin Hungry, Eux Autres and Les Sequelles.

Noah Mintz

He works as a mastering engineer at the Toronto studio Lacquer Channel, where he has worked on albums by The Constantines, Sarah Harmer, Arkells, Broken Social Scene, Death from Above 1979, Dual, The Marble Index, Danko Jones, Rheostatics, The Dears, Len, Hayden, This Rigid Empire, Uncle Seth and Stars.

Pheromone Recordings

The eclectic mix of artists, currently entirely Canadian, includes independent acts such as Elisapie Isaac and The Dears as well as established names such as their first signed act The New Odds.

Rob Benvie

This album, like other Tigre Benvie releases, was produced and mainly performed by Benvie, featuring contributions from friends including Murray Lightburn (from The Dears), Matt Murphy, Ian McGettigan, and others.


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Priya Thomas

A record co-written with Saul Davies of James remains unreleased; she has worked with several other musical contributors including Stephen Pitkin of Elliott Brood, Lindy Vopnfjord (Major Maker), Mike O'Brien (Jason Collett), Royal Wood, Ian Ilavsky of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band and Murray Lightburn of the Dears.