A sprawling, symphonic rock ensemble from a country that has come to be known for them,
The Besnard Lakes have been a constant at the coalface of Canadian independent music for some 15 years now. In this time, the group â which revolves around the creative and romantic partnership of husband and wife
Jace Lasek and
Olga Goreas â have created a respectable body of work, five albums of dense, textured progressive music, two of which have been nominated for Canadaâs Mercury equivalent, the Polaris Prize.
Fifteen years, of course, is a long time to have been in a rock group, a period long enough to weed out all but the most committed. By that point, the early hype has reduced to all but embers, elder statesman status is at least a decade off â truly, these are the marathon years. Had
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The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings Is Absurdly Maximalist
Published Jan 27, 2021
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Pop quiz: how many of the Besnard Lakes first five albums are double LPs? Appreciators of the Montreal outfit s maximalist psych-rock voyages may answer something like three or four, which, while plausible, would be completely wrong. For all their orchestral ambition, previous efforts have never hit the 50-minute mark, managing to pack full worlds of instruments, concepts and atmosphere into a single slab of wax.
They finally give in to impulse on epic-as-it-sounds
The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, which stretches nine tracks across an 72-minute meditation on death, dying and the afterlife. It s a weighty, demanding listen, but the band s 18-year history has given them plenty of experience that helps them pull it off in classic Besnard Lakes style.
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