The Dears’ seventh studio album, Times Infinity Volume Two, is the second installment of a two-album project from the Montréal band, following Times Infinity Volume One, with which the band made their return following a six-year absence. Volume Two sees the completion of a body of work which founding members Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak recorded over a two year period between Toronto’s Revolution Recording and Montréal’s Thee Mighty Hotel2Tango. Whilst Volume Two still shares DNA with the pounding washes of guitar and pleading vocals which freighted its predecessor’s most affecting moments, there are equally heavy blows delivered here by its nuanced, introspective study of life’s fragilities and fears.