The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night - The Besnard Lakes
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80 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: The indie rock quartet led by music producer Jace Lasek and his wife Olga releases its second album on the Jagjaguwar label.

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  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    on their third album, the combination of Canadian indie (Broken Social Scene), psychedelic ’60s rock (Love), cosmic ’70s pop (ELO) and shoegaze (Ride) is nothing short of beautiful.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Are The Roaring Night is by no means a perfect record, and there are minor flaws to stand alongside the frequent moments of brilliance, but what cannot be questioned is how skilled they are at shaping layers of sound to form an enveloping whole, with each overlapping texture or shifting tempo plunging the listener further and further into the darkness.
  3. Under The Radar
    80
    The Besnard Lakes roll note after note, moment after moment, song after song that build in anticipation, spectacle, and beauty. [Winter 2010, p.62]
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  4. No Ripcord
    80
    If you strip their sound to its core, like the harmonies and the distortion, you’re left with an invariable rock record. If this isn’t a true representation of what modern rock should be, I don't know what is.

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