Murray Lightburn


Murray A. Lightburn is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears.
Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" due to his vocal similarity to the former The Smiths lead singer. Incidentally, The Dears toured as Morrissey's opening act during Morrissey's solo tour in 2006.
In 2013 he released the solo album Mass: Light. His second solo album, Hear Me Out, was released in 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

In 2005, Lightburn married fellow band member, keyboardist/singer Natalia Yanchak. They have two children named Neptune and Apollo Lightburn.