| Besnard Lakes, The / A Coliseum Complex Museum |
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| Album: | A Coliseum Complex Museum | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Besnard Lakes, The | Added: | Jan 2016 | |
| Label: | Jagjaguwar | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-02-14 | Pull Date: | 2016-04-17 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 17 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 | Mar 20 | Mar 13 | Mar 6 | Feb 28 | Feb 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 07, 2017: | satin fever Golden Lion | 4. | Mar 26, 2016: | Mix Tape: The Legacy Lives On Pressure Of Our Plans | |
| 2. | Apr 10, 2016: | K-Area The Bray Road Beast | 5. | Mar 17, 2016: | Life Aquatic Necronomicon | |
| 3. | Mar 31, 2016: | radio seven The Bray Road Beast | 6. | Mar 16, 2016: | The Snotty The Kitten Show Necronomicon |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Aporia Reviewed 2016-02-05 | ||
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Montreal’s other married-couple-turned-band returns with a triumphant record packed with soaring anthems, beautiful guitars, and vocals of grand proportions. Their most pop-oriented record yet, it nevertheless reveals an obsession with the paranormal and influences from shoegaze and classic rock. RIYL Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, Destroyer, Elephant 6 collective Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 FCC Clean 1. (5:30) ***The Bray Road Beast - Dreamy vocals, initial gentle pulsing beat, lightly buzzing and shuffling synths. Explodes at 1:51 into heavier percussion and electric guitar. Soaring, celestial anthem by the end. 2. (3:48) *****Golden Lion - Post-punk main guitar line. Ominous interplay between repetitive guitar line and vocals. Very driving chorus. 3. (5:22) *Pressure of Our Plans - Anchored by a deep green bassline. Gold, ethereal, warm synths. First half is more of a slow-burner about restless love. Second half gradually builds until its victorious closing with some searing electric guitar. 4. (4:28) Towers Sent Her to Sheets of Sound - Warped, orange synths and drawn out vocals. Outer space-y. Steady bassline that grooves. 5. (4:26) The Plain Moon - Alternates between funk+industrial guitars and synthpop. Guitar line comes in occasionally, heavy and reminiscent of classic rock. 6. (3:40) *Necronomicon - Floats in the ether with some steady, whistling synths and drumming. Reminds me of the feeling I get when listening to Modest Mouse’s “Blame It on the Tetons”. The soundtrack for cruising down a highway just as dawn breaks. 7. (5:09) ***Nightingale - Sensing inspiration from Low. Mid-tempo, mournful. Gorgeous, especially prominent instrumentation. Silver synths at 2:56. Nice dose of chiming slide guitar enters in at 4:02. 8. (6:13) Tungsten 4: The Refugee - Future Islands-esque synths to start. Steady, motorik propulsion and an instrumental breakdown from 3:40 to the end. A guitar lover’s paradise. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Bray Road Beast | 5. | The Plain Moon | |||
| 2. | Golden Lion | 6. | Necronomicon | |||
| 3. | Pressure Of Our Plans | 7. | Nightingale | |||
| 4. | Towers Sent Her To Sheets Of Sound | 8. | Tungsten 4 - The Refugee |