The Dears - End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story (2000)

"When the World Begins and Ends" by The Dears


Frankie Sparo's debut was mastered by master engineer Harris Newman of Grey Market Mastering.  He has mastered a number of the Canadian indie scene's best albums including the debut album by The Dears.  The Dears formed in 1995 around husband-and-wife team Murray Lightburn (vocals, guitar) and Natalia Yanchak (keyboards) and played a form of orchestral indie-pop heavily indebted to 90s Britpop.  Murray's early singing has often been compared to Morrissey or Blur's Damon Albarn.  It has become a tired comparison for Lightburn though no less accurate.  Along with drummer John Tod and bassist Roberto Aquilla, The Dears released their first album End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story in 2000 and followed it up the next year with the Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique EP.

Here is the discography surrounding The Dears's debut album:

Nor the Dahlias: The Dears 1995-1998 (1998 demo compilation album)
End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story
Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique (2001 EP)

"End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story" by The Dears


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