The Besnard Lakes

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The Besnard Lakes raise immediate comparisons to the Arcade Fire, but those are primarily due to accidents of geography and band chemistry: like the Arcade Fire, the Besnard Lakes are from Montreal and led by a married couple. That's largely where the similarities end, because if this Quebecois collective resembles any of its Canadian counterparts, it would be as an unexpectedly effective combination of the Dears' psychedelic pop hooks and the languid space rock ambience of early Broken Social Scene. The aforementioned married couple, singer and guitarist ...[more]

 

 

VINYL FORMAT. Rich with Beach Boys style harmonies, Roy Orbison reverbs and orchestra, Pink Floyd's pacing and Freddy Mercury's falsetto, The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse is a luxurious foray into sound and music. This is the second record by The Besnard Lakes, Montrealers by way of Western Canada. Their independently released previous record, Volume I, came out in 2004, and it was noticed by critics but was overlooked by the public at large. On both records, The Besnard Lakes have shown t   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This 12-inch comes on the heels of The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse. Casino Nanaimo is a place where repetitive sound and lights engulf addicted gamblers all vying for space on the eternal wheel of fortune. "Devastation (alternate version)", is the unedited and original straight-to-two-track nine-minute version, recorded live off the floor at Breakglass Studios.

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