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- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Release Date: Feb 20, 2007
- Summary: Album number two for the Canadian indie-rockers is their first for Jagjaguwar.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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That music so majestically restrained in pace can make your heart beat so quickly is a testament to The Besnard Lakes’ focus and ability to coat each millisecond of track time with an utterly captivating sound without ever becoming clogged up with their myriad ideas.
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Under The RadarTheir overarching fingernail-meets-chalkboard eeriness... is what prevents a lapse into the preciousness that sometimes accompanies orchestrated indie rock, making the album a rousing success. [#16, p.90]
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So sure, yet another band of bombast, largesse, room-sound gone cathedral, but either way the Besnard Lakes have mastered their songcraft with this psychedelic oddity, which fits all too well with other wintry early-year indie releases.
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Throughout, interest is held with dynamic and textural changes, more than an inherently riveting musical idea. But the album’s much more than just stoned jams.
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Taken as a whole, The Besnard Lakes display a unique style, a winning combination of intriguing songwriting and diverse arrangements.
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Their flutters of effects, long, frosted periods of sonic dormancy, pefectly balanced twin vocals, and general sense of space set them apart from the herd with a surety you only see in the elite.
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Sift through Are the Dark Horse and the sounds of the Beach Boys or Orbison can certainly be found, but the band has yet to learn the clean, economical songwriting of their influences.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 31
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Mixed: 3 out of 31
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Negative: 2 out of 31
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JoelZ.Nov 20, 2007One of those albums I largely was unimpressed with at first listen but 10 listens later blown away, so intricate and beautiful.
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SteveRMar 19, 2007The Beach Boys meet Pink Floyd to create something completely new and fresh. One of the most beautiful albums you'll ever hear.
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JoePublicApr 13, 2007
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christianpMar 31, 2007this album is so incredibly lush and gorgeous that it is more rewarding with each listen. the quote from Drowned in Sound says it all.
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ShaneMApr 21, 2007Amazing album that gets better and better with each listen. If you don't like this, then you just don't get it.
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Feb 26, 2014
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ChrisWMar 18, 2007
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