The New album is finally here!
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night is now available at the Online Store.
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March/April/May 2010 Tour Dates: N.America/Europe
March 11 - Toronto, CA at The Horseshoe
March 12 - Montreal, CA at Il Motore
March 25 - Liverpool, UK at Liverpool Academy 2
March 26 - Bristol, UK at Arnolfini
March 27 - Leeds, UK at Cockpit
March 28 - Glasgow, UK at Captain's Rest
March 29 - Manchester, UK at Dulcimer
March 30 - Birmingham, UK at Hare and Hounds
March 31 - London, UK at Cargo
April 1 - Groningen, Holland at Vera
April 2 - Amsterdam, Holland at Paradiso
April 3 - Antwerp, Belgium TBA
April 4 - Hamburg, Germany at Logo
April 6 - Oslo, Norway at Cafe Mono
April 7 - Stockholm, Sweden at Debaser
April 8 - Malmo, Sweden at Debaser
April 11 - Berlin, Germany at Magnet
April 12 - Munich, Germany at 59 to 1
April 13 - Basel, Switzerland at Sudhaus
April 14 - Neuchatel, Switzerland at Case a Chocs
April 15 - Nice, France at Theatre Lino Ventura
April 16 - Marseille, France at Poste a Galene
April 17 - Bordeaux, France at Saint Ex
April 19 - Paris, France at Bus Palladium
April 20- UK-TBD
April 21- UK- TBD
April 27- Minneapolis, MN at 7th St Entry
April 28- Winnipeg, MB at The Royal Arms
April 29- Regina, SK at The Exchange
April 30- Saskatoon, SK at Amigos
May 1- Edmonton, AB at Pawn Shop
May 2-Calgary, AB at Broken City
May 4- Victoria, BC at The Lucky Bar
May 5- Vancouver, BC at Media Club
May 6- Seattle, WA at The Crocodile
May 7- Portland, OR at Mississippi Studios
May 8- Eugene, OR at W.O.W. Hall
May 10- San Francisco, CA at The Independent
May 12-San Diego, CA at Casbah
May 13- Los Angeles, CA at Troubadour
May 14- Tempe, AZ at Sail Inn
May 15- Tucson, AZ at Plush
May 20- Dallas, TX at Granada Theater
May 24- Chicago, IL at TBD
May 26- Clevland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
May 27- Washington, DC at Black Cat
May 28- New York, NY at Bowery Ballroom
May 29- Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda's
Pre-Order the upcoming release, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night at Newbury Comics and get a limited autographed CD Booklet with purchase! More info here.
Besnard Lakes' Albatross 12" EP released Feb 8, 2010. 12" includes a free mp3 download. Click here to buy it.
Jace Lasek's side project entitled "Soft Province" (with ex-Besnard Lakes member Mike Gardiner) signs to Three Ring Records. Read about it : here.
The Besnard Lakes Online Store is now up and running. Click here to visit.
Download The Besnard Lakes' Albatross. (Right click Save Link As...)
Sympathy For Delicious, a film directed by Mark Ruffalo with music scored by The Besnard Lakes has been accepted into the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
The Besnard Lakes have contributed to a song written by Adam Franklin (Swervedriver, Toshack Highway). The working title of the song is "Lord Help Me Jesus" and will be included on a full length Adam Franklin solo album scheduled to be released in 2010.
The Besnard Lakes, the Montreal collective fronted by husband-and-wife duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, has returned, crafting a majestic, sprawling vision of guitar bombast and captivating pop experiments.
On March 9th of 2010 (March 8th in the UK), Jagjaguwar will release The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, a twisting chronicle of spies, double agents, novelists and aspiring rock gods turned violent. Loyalty, dishonor, love, and hatred are all seen through the eyes of two spies, communicating through short wave in code and fighting a war that may or may not be real.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night was recorded at Lasek's Breakglass Studios with a vintage 1968 Neve germanium mixing console used to record portions of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night is a dark bliss-out that folds the eerie guitar epics of the band's breakthrough, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, into a wall of affected drones and atmospherics. The toughened immediacy and grit that gives the form a much-needed shove over the cliffs makes for a haunting, provocative swan dive into the crushing tide.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night LP
March 9th, 2010 (March 8th in the UK)
Jagjaguwar
Tracklisting:
1. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent; Pt. 1: The Ocean
2. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent; Pt. 2: The Innocent
3. Chicago Train
4. Albatross
5. Glass Printer
6. Land of Living Skies; Pt. 1: The Land
7. Land of Living Skies; Pt. 2: The Living Skies
8. And This is What We Call Progress
9. Light Up The Night
10. The Lonely Moan
February 9th (February 8th in the UK), a standout song from the new LP, ''Albatross,'' will be released on a vinyl 12'' with the gentle and ghostly exclusive b-side, ''Four Long Lines.'' ''Albatross'' has all the swagger of a Stevie Nicks-led Fleetwood Mac classic or Roy Orbison reimagined as a rollicking, snakeskin-booted Mazzy Star — dousing it all in gas and throwing the match as we hear its tale of Vancouver's skid row and its inhabitants.
Albatross 12''
Side A: ''Albatross''
Side B: ''Four Long Lines''
