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Dear Youth
From Montreal, Canada
Label
A&R
Collin Walsh
collin@kmgmt.comHead of Label
Mike Kaminsky
michael@kmgmt.com
Stats
10M+
Total streams
2M+
Streams on Juice
5M+
Streams on Heirloom
1M+
Streams on Dandelions
1M+
Streams on Apple Music
≈ 50K
Monthly Streams on Spotify
- Best Music Video, "Who You Are", Paris Music Video Underground Festival (2020)
- Performed NXNE Music Festival, opening for This Wild Life
- "Juice" featuring Ollie Baxxter of Broadside
Social
Followers as of October 2026
Biography
Dear Youth is Jared Zuckerman (vocals), Brendan Pilon (guitar) and Devon Cleary (drums), formed in Montreal, Canada in 2016. The band built a following on pop-punk urgency with the 2018 EP You Could Wish Me The Best and the full-length Heirloom.
The band that finished the Heirloom cycle was not the band that started writing again. The songs took a different shape, and the demos went to Los Angeles, where producer Stefano Pigliapocco worked on creating space between the parts and polishing the sound.
Where You Haunt Me: Part 1 introduced that band in October 2025. Shimmering guitars and steady drums under writing that turned inward. Lush chords, echoed melody lines, a cinematic openness the old records never left room for. Those who had followed Dear Youth since 2018 heard a reinvention and said so: the melodic hunger and the earnest delivery survived the move, and what grew around them was a band sounding surer of itself than it ever had.
Part 2 turns the record over. Part 1 lives inside the haunting. Part 2 admits who caused it. The hooks land and what sits under them goes darker: minor keys, synth beds that stop holding back, more guitars, choruses that arrive with weight behind them.
Together they make one record about the people who stay with you after they leave, and about being that person for someone else.
Where You Haunt Me: Part 2 is out now on Adventure Cat Records.
Reach out: dearyouthband@gmail.com
Latest Releases
Out Now
October 2025
Where You Haunt Me: Part 1
Out Now
September 2026
Where You Haunt Me: Part 2
Upcoming Shows
A Northeast Holiday
with Grayscale
Supported by Dear Youth
Dec 4
Asbury Park, NJ · Stone Pony
Dec 5
Philadelphia, PA · Theatre of Living Arts
Dear Youth joins Grayscale on A Northeast Holiday this December, two nights at Stone Pony in Asbury Park and Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia. The band brings the Where You Haunt Me record to a holiday run through the Northeast, with both parts out now on Adventure Cat Records.
Watch and Listen
From Montreal and inspired by sister city New York street style, skater culture, and the underground music scene, Dear Youth Merch Co. aims to deliver timeless designs with standards that make us proud.
We've worked very hard over the past couple of years to ensure that all of our garments are hand picked to ensure the highest quality possible while working alongside amazing local designers and manufacturers.