THE BESNARD LAKES TO RELEASE
THE BESNARD LAKES ARE THE ROARING NIGHT ON MARCH 9, 2010

The Besnard Lakes

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 9, 2010 (March 8 in the U.K.), 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.

February 9, 2010 (February 8 in the U.K.), 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 re-imagined 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.

The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night Track List

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