The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
While I was back in Vancouver in July I finally took it upon myself to check out a few Canadian bands I’d been hearing a lot about but had yet to get around to. The band that has stuck with me most are The Besnard Lakes.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse is an album that requires a great deal of time to really absorb (well at least it did for me). As it was so critically acclaimed I assumed it would grab me from the off…but it didn’t. However, I stuck with it and have found the record to be an incredibly warm, organic, beautiful work that sounds a bit different every time I hear it. Recommended.
Download:
The Besnard Lakes – And You Lied To Me
You can also check out the video for For Agent 13 here. But if it takes name dropping to sell you on a record: members of Stars and Godspeed (amongst others) help out on this album.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse is also one of the nominated albums for Canada’s Polaris Prize which will be awarded on September 24th.
Rage Against the Machine announced their Australian tour today. They will be playing the Entertainment Centre here in Sydney on January 22. They will be playing Melbourne on January 30. Guess who’s headlining Big Day Out? I think that is more than just a rumour now.
