The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

by The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 February 2007
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 45:25
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Jerimiah Bullied, Eric LaRock, Billy Bouffard, Heather Schnarr, Chris Seligman, Sophie Trudeau, George Donoso III, Jonathan Cummins, Jean-Paul Terron

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earning a prestigious Polaris Music Prize nomination, the Montreal-based husband-and-wife duo perfected their signature, harmony-drenched shoegaze sound. The record builds majestic, soaring walls of distorted guitars that beautifully contrast against their intricate, Beach Boys-inspired vocal melodies.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, polyphonic, atmospheric, wall-of-sound, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Disaster (5:42)
  2. For Agent 13 (5:12)
  3. And You Lied To Me (7:20)
  4. Devastation (5:50)
  5. Because Tonight (7:11)
  6. Rides the Rails (4:56)
  7. On Bedford and Grand (5:06)
  8. Cedric's War (4:05)

Credits

  • The Besnard Lakes - primary artist
  • Kevin Laing - band [the besnard lakes], drums
  • Nicole Liz茅e - band [the besnard lakes], written-by, arranged by [all strings, horn, flute & saxophone arrangements], electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer, bass, arranged by [string arrangements], electric piano [rhodes], piano
  • Richard White - band [the besnard lakes]
  • Steve Raegele - band [the besnard lakes], soloist, guitar [2nd solo], vocals
  • Billy Bouffard - flute, soprano saxophone
  • Chris Seligman - french horn
  • Heather Schnarr - violin

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