the besnard lakes

One Was A Lie by The Soft Province

Who: The Soft Province from Montreal and Regina.

What: From two music minds and longtime friends (and Besnard Lakes co-founders), Jace Lasek and Michael Gardiner are The Soft Province and this in an introduction to their new body of work, 45 atmospheric minutes in their self-titled debut. Drawing on Mike and Jaces love of the pop song and long repetitive drones, the album spans the distance between the concise pop song structure of Francoise Hardy and the psychedelic organ drones of Broadcast.

The press release could have just said original Besnards. and I probably would have posted it

Song: One Was A Lie.

Albatross by The Besnard Lakes

Who: The Besnard Lakes from Montreal.

What: I was waiting for this, knowing it was only a matter of time before I started to hear music off the upcoming release of The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night. The standout single Albatross is a bird of its own, hitting stores as a single February 9th (8th in the UK) and on the LP March 9th, 2010 (March 8th in the UK). On the road in march, dates below.

Song: Albatross.

3/11/10 Toronto, ON The Horseshoe
3/12/10 Montreal, QC Il Motore
3/25/10 Dublin, IRE Crawdaddy
3/26/10 Bristol, UK Arnoifini
3/27/10 Manchester, UK Deaf Institute
3/28/10 Glasgow, UK Stereo
3/29/10 Leeds, UK Brundell Social Club
3/30/10 Birmingham, UK Hare and Hounds
3/31/10 London, UK Cargo
4/1/10 Brussells, BE Bonatique
4/2/10 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
4/3/10 Utrecht, NL Ekko
4/19/10 Paris, FR Le Point Emphmere

I’ve found the soundtrack for my next acid trip. Or my first for that matter.

Check out the Besnard Lakes from Montreal.

I went to the Rivoli the other night to hear some new material off their new record The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse (Outside/Jagjaguwar). The room could have used more haze to really complement the band’s sound; think dirty and dark guitars, echoed Beach Boy-esque harmonies mixed with the right amount of psychedelia. Lead singer kind of looked like the lead singer from Spacehog, remember them?
Lead singer of the band (Jace Lasek) seems to have the touch when it comes to music these days. He’s worked production on a bunch of successful albums out of montreal in the last little while including Wolf Parade, Islands, Sunset Rubdown and Stars. Impressive.

Click here to download their song And You Lied To Me. I think the strongest song they performed live was Devastation, which you can stream on their myspace page.

If you want to go back further, I suggest you check out their video for For Spy Turned Musician. Great track, works well with the old family videos footage. Give this song some time, it steadily wrestles in.

The Besnard Lakes