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The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Studio album by The Besnard Lakes
Released	March 9, 2010
Recorded	The Breakglass Studios, Montreal, Canada
Genre	Post-rock Psychedelic rock Indie rock Shoegaze
Length	46:31
Label	Jagjaguwar (U.S.) Outside Music (Canada)
Producer	Jace Lasek
Professional reviews
BBC (positive) link Delusions of Adequacy (positive) link Drowned In Sound link musicOMH link NME link No Ripcord link Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link Spin Magazine link Tiny Mix Tapes link
The Besnard Lakes chronology
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse (2007) The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (2010)

The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band The Besnard Lakes, released in North America on March 9, 2010. The lead single is "Albatross", was released as a 12-inch single on February 9, 2010.

The band describe the album as "psychedelic rock- each song is its own little world, an atmosphere. I’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."^[1] Thematically, the album continues their lyrical style of combining fictional and true stories. Lasek's songs usually revolve around a retired spy who worked during the war and he is now a lousy musician, while Goreas' songs are more inspired by her personal experiences.^[1]

The album was tracked and recorded at the band's own studio, Breakglass Studio, using a 1968 Neve germanium mixing console rumored to have been used to record portions of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, and introduces some new instrumentation for the band: 12 string guitar, flute, omnichord and mellotron. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent Pt. 1: The Ocean" - 1:39
2. "Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent" - 7:17
3. "Chicago Train" - 5:18
4. "Albatross" - 4:42
5. "Glass Printer" - 3:54
6. "Land of Living Skies Pt. 1: The Land" - 1:05
7. "Land of Living Skies Pt. 2: The Living Skies" - 5:42
8. "And This Is What We Call Progress" - 5:10
9. "Light Up the Night" - 7:25
10. "The Lonely Moan" - 4:19

References