The Besnard Lakes | Albatross
On March 9 The Besnard Lakes will release The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2007 record, … Are The Dark Horse. The last record took a while to grow on me so I’m expecting the same from the new one. Or at least I was…because if Albatross, the first taste of the record, is anything to go by then this record might be a lot more immediate than the last one.
Albatross is immense. While the press release claims that the first single “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,” I hear a lot of 80s shoegaze influences as well. But no matter how you describe it, Albatross is a great song.
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The Besnard Lakes – Albatross
