The Dears - Brighton's The Haunt 6.10.17 Live Review
It's been a while since I've gone to a gig where I could've counted the audience. Whilst I was a little surprised that The Dears had not sold out The Haunt, it did make for a more intimate experience. It also got me wondering, especially in the relative cultural oasis that is Brighton, what were the absentees thinking? However, it's not about quantity, but quality.
Having not released an album in the UK for 6 six years, 2017 has seen The Dears drop a couple of corkers by way of Times Infinity Vol 1 & 2. Recorded in tandem and said to be the outer and inner parts of a Dears jigsaw, Vol 1 & 2 contrasts lighter and darker elements to deliver some of their best work.
In the one time cinema screening room, The Dears started, rather aptly, with the first track off their latest album, 'Taking It To The Grave'. Natalia's delicate vocal gently eased the song in before Murray added more depth and it built to a stirring finale. Some very deft guitar work characterised 'I Used To Pray For The Heavens To Fall', before a switch to a more acoustic disposition for a track off 2003's 'No Cities Left': 'Who Are You, Defenders Of The Universe?'.
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