Besnard Lakes, The / Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night, The
Album: Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night, The   Collection:General
Artist:Besnard Lakes, The   Added:Mar 2010
Label:Jagjaguwar  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-05-16 Pull Date: 2010-07-18
Week Ending: Jul 18 Jul 11 Jul 4 Jun 27 Jun 13 Jun 6 May 30 May 23
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 6

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 21, 2016: Life Aquatic
Albatross
4. May 16, 2013: Daydream Disaster
And This Is What We Call Progress
2. Jan 14, 2016: Life Aquatic
Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent
5. May 12, 2011: Daydream Disaster
Glass Printer
3. Dec 02, 2015: radio seven
Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent
6. Mar 13, 2011: Lumpy Space Princess
Light Up The Night

Album Review
Andy S
Reviewed 2010-05-12
Awesome dream-pop balladry with a heavy base in My Bloody Valentine, major intrusions from slowcore, and a general propensity for the anthemic. Lots of hugely drawn-out, well executed build-ups, with an appreciated handful of shorter, close-range numbers. Everything here's certainly worth a try, so pay more heed to the track lengths and levels of epic than my recs. That said, I'd start with 2 for a longer one and 4 for a shorter. FCC clean. –Andy

1 - Short, instrumental opening to track 2; blippy synth, feedback moans, chopped fuzzy voice syllables
**2 - (play track 1 for extended opening) Starts as a somber, falsetto piano ballad a la Shearwater with ambient backing, breaks out at the 2 minute mark into an epic, cheery guitar-rock sprawler
*3 - Strings, delicate piano and falsetto vox constitute a gently mystical first half; guitar comes in for a long, well-paced buildup
**4 - Female lead vox and falsetto backing over MBV guitar riffs; simple, summery, lots of hooks and harmonies
*5 - Loud guitars and Low-style harmonized male vox in a serious rock groove
6 - Short, ambient intro to track 7
7 - (play track 6 for extended opening) Slow-burning, dark, twangy verses with brighter, synth-backed choruses; builds to another epic close
*8 - Nervous ambient fade-in, twangy tremolo'd guitar; bleak, pounding rock
*9 - Gorgeously produced layers of piano, organ, gentle riffs; lulling into anthemic
10 - Wandering, calm, often ambient, with quiet female vox and chunky guitar

Track Listing
1. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 1: The Ocean   6. Land Of Living Skies Pt. 1: The Land
2. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent   7. Land Of Living Skies Pt. 2: The Living Skies
3. Chicago Train   8. And This Is What We Call Progress
4. Albatross   9. Light Up The Night
5. Glass Printer   10. The Lonely Moon