![]() “It would have been so nice, exchanging words just once or twice,” runs one line. The opening track, Dumpster Gold, is heartbreakingly sad – Lightburn addresses the song to his father, regretting the lack of a close relationship with him, and wistfully recalling all the things he can no longer talk to him about. It’s a short (30 minutes, at just eight tracks long), tender tribute, with an appropriately jazzy style threaded through the album. They were married for 56 years, and he died in 2020 with Alzheimer’s disease.Īfter his death, Lightburn began to piece together details of his life, with the help of his mother, which eventually turned into Once Upon A Time In Montreal, which Lightburn describes as a sonic audio biography of his father. It’s dedicated to his father William, a jazz musician who moved from Belize to Montreal to reconnect with his childhood sweetheart. ![]() Once Upon A Time In Montreal is Lightburn’s third solo album, and this is a very personal project for him. The band are still very much active, with their last album Lovers Rock being released in 2020, but Lightburn has also found time to carve out a solo career, with a very different sound to his band. Murray A Lightburn is, of course, the leader of Canadian indie band The Dears, who have been a going concern now for almost 30 years. The Dears’ frontman unveils a very personal third solo album, a “sonic audio biography” dedicated to his late father
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