These emotive, operatic tunes were originally conceived as the soundtrack to a musical, but Lightburn decided to play it safe and make the record first, with the possibility of turning it into a movie contingent on how successful the album is. He kept these theatrical, very un-Dears-like electronic experiments mostly to himself. Inspired by solitary composers, from the baroque era to the early days of synthesis, as well as episodes of the original Star Trek, Lightburn began creating “anti-band” music, made mostly from drum machines and synthesizers. Being a husband and father of two also entails certain social responsibilities.īut like the shirts, Lightburn needed to distance himself from his musical wolfpack in order to embrace the unfamiliarity of the unknown. Since forming the Dears in the mid-’90s, Lightburn admits he hasn’t really been alone. “It’s more like I’m tired of being lonely,” he says. After all, Lightburn says his fear of abandonment is somewhat exaggerated. Sure, having duplicates of the same shoes, pants and shirts makes getting dressed in the morning a snap, but sticking to a routine so rigidly inevitably grows tiresome. “When I was a kid I would think to myself, ‘one day that’s going to be my vibe.’ ” “I remember him having the Clark Kent side of the closet with all the same suit, and then his Superman side,” Lightburn says. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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