The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing, Richard White, Sheenah Ko and Robbie MacArthur. Two of the band's five albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.
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10:45 AMCheck out this performance from The Montreal-based Besnard Lakes live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017: www.youtube.comCheryl Waters - Feb 23, 2023
12:14 PMThe Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing, Richard White, Sheenah Ko and Robbie MacArthur. Two of the band's six albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. www.thebesnardlakes.com - Jul 1, 2022
10:54 AMThe Besnard Lakes is the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. 'The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night' is the Canadian rock band's third studio album. The band described the album as "psychedelic rock- each song is its own little world, an atmosphere. [We]’ve always been enamored with these songs that take forever to get going, long songs that build, with a story and a long build to a climax." bit.ly The Besnard Lakes performed live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal in 2017. Check out their full performance here: www.youtube.com www.thebesnardlakes.com - Feb 16, 2022
11:25 AMThe Besnard Lakes is the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. 'The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night' is the Canadian rock band's third studio album. The band described the album as "psychedelic rock- each song is its own little world, an atmosphere. [We]’ve always been enamored with these songs that take forever to get going, long songs that build, with a story and a long build to a climax." bit.ly The Besnard Lakes performed live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal in 2017. Check out their full performance here: www.youtube.com www.thebesnardlakes.com We're celebrating 50 years of KEXP with a journey back to 2010! kexp.org - Feb 22, 2021
7:26 AM"The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings" is the sixth album from this Montreal-based band. thebesnardlakes.bandcamp.com - Feb 10, 2021
7:38 AM"The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings" is the sixth album from this Montreal-based band. www.thebesnardlakes.com - Feb 3, 2021
12:48 PMCanadian psych-indie band have announced a new album- their first since 2016’s A Coliseum Complex Museum. Along with the announcement, the band has shared a new song called “Raindrops.” “This song and video details a psychedelic flight through the mind while deep in an altered state,” the band said in a statement. “The song lyrically references the death of Mark Hollis from Talk Talk (“Garden Of Eden spirited”) and also describes the idea of evolution determining the story of the Garden Of Eden.” - bit.ly - Jan 13, 2021
10:21 AMTheir first new album since 2016. The band had this to said this about the "Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again"... “This song has been floating around since the Roaring Night era,” the band explains in a statement. “We could never figure out how to finish it. Well, we figured out how to finish it. It has that 3/4 waltz we love so much, the same 3/4 waltz that ‘Disaster’ rested upon. It’s also a bit of a lament about how sad we were when we parted ways with [our former label] Jagjaguwar.” The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings is out 1/29 on Fat Cat in the US and via Flemish Eye in Canada. www.stereogum.com To see a live performance on KEXP from 2013, go here... www.youtube.com - Dec 29, 2020
11:28 AMMontreal band The Besnard Lakes is currently gearing up for the release of it’s extravagantly titled sixth LP, The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings. The concept behind the album is equally impressive as well. The record acts as a journey to and from the brink of death, chronicled through a seventy-two minute double LP epic.: www.undertheradarmag.com The Besnard Lakes performed live for KEXP listeners at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017. : www.youtube.com - Oct 28, 2020
7:10 AMCanadian psych-indie band have announced a new album due out in January - their first since 2016’s A Coliseum Complex Museum. Along with the announcement, the band has shared a new song called “Raindrops.” “This song and video details a psychedelic flight through the mind while deep in an altered state,” the band said in a statement. “The song lyrically references the death of Mark Hollis from Talk Talk (“Garden Of Eden spirited”) and also describes the idea of evolution determining the story of the Garden Of Eden.” - bit.ly