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Murray Lightburn

Canada • b. 1971-03-17

Murray Lightburn is credited on 33 releases across 39 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2001–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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33

Pressings credited

39

Albums

3

Decades active

94

In collections

Biography

Murray A. Lightburn is a Canadian musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears. Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" due to his vocal similarity (and shared penchant for somewhat dark lyrics) 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. His album Once Upon a Time in Montreal was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. As a composer, Murray has produced original music for films including Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, I Like Movies, and Too Much Sleep. Other credits include scores for TV series Near or Far (to be released in 2024 on CBC Gem), Black Life: Untold Stories, and original soundtrack for We Happy Few including the theme for the Lightbearer DLC. At the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025, he won the award for Best Original Music in a Documentary for his work on Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story.

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Credited work

33 releases · 39 albums · active 2001–2025

  • Performance · 37
  • Engineering · 7
  • Other credits · 3
  • Mastering · 1
  • Production · 1

Studios: Stock Market Audio · Hotel2Tango · Mom and Pop Sounds · CRSG Studios

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