It was 8 years ago (well, 8 years and a few days now) that 3am Revelations launched in its first iteration, and the inaugural post was about one of my favourite bands, The Dears.

So it's pretty good timing that they have released another new song from the upcoming Times Infinity Vol. 2, which will be out July 14th on Paper Bag Records.

The new song is called "All the Hail Marys" and Murray Lightburn says it is a good representation of the pair of Times Infinity albums: "The working title for the entire Times Infinity project was Hail Marys. The song 'All The Hail Marys' was a model for the sound of the whole project. I always wanted this to be the first thing anyone heard from The Dears in a long time. In the end, it was decided that it would be on Times Infinity Volume Two as we didn’t want to front load the project too much with what was selected for Volume One. This is easily one my fave D's tracks of all time, maybe in the top ten."

He also gives a sly nod to another Canadian musician: "Fun fact: I paraphrase/quote Peaches, whom I love, singing, 'Fuck the pain, fuck the pain, and the suffering, away…' I meant to email her about it beforehand, but I’ve only ever met her once. I hold her in very high regard and basically got too shy, and couldn’t come up with the right words, if you can believe that."