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Saturday, July 14, 2007
2:30:00 PM EDT
After listening to their album, I knew THE BESNARD LAKES were going to be something special. Hailing from Montreal, this six piece band's appropriately named album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse, paint lush and layered melancholy sounds capes paired with somber vocals. Armed with three guitars, bass, drums, and synth, Not for the faint of heart, The Besnard Lakes live show is surprisingly LOUD.
I was close to the front, and could clearly see a number of people around me holding their ears shut from time to time. The instrumentals grind and drone, and rise to near eardrum-blistering levels for some of their louder tracks like Devastation and And You Lied to Me. As loud as the wall of sound instrumentals were, the alternating male/female vocals were clearly audible and spot on.
The band throws an amazing live show, and is set to play a free show at Citysol today (7/14) with Les Savy Fav and Land of Talk. They are also playing Maxwells Sunday night (7/15) with Dirty on Purpose and Jealous Girlfriends opening for them.
Here is a video I took of them playing one of their quieter songs:
The Besnard Lakes: Disaster
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2:30:00 PM EDT
The Besnard Lakes at the Mercury Lounge
After listening to their album, I knew THE BESNARD LAKES were going to be something special. Hailing from Montreal, this six piece band's appropriately named album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse, paint lush and layered melancholy sounds capes paired with somber vocals. Armed with three guitars, bass, drums, and synth, Not for the faint of heart, The Besnard Lakes live show is surprisingly LOUD.
I was close to the front, and could clearly see a number of people around me holding their ears shut from time to time. The instrumentals grind and drone, and rise to near eardrum-blistering levels for some of their louder tracks like Devastation and And You Lied to Me. As loud as the wall of sound instrumentals were, the alternating male/female vocals were clearly audible and spot on.
The band throws an amazing live show, and is set to play a free show at Citysol today (7/14) with Les Savy Fav and Land of Talk. They are also playing Maxwells Sunday night (7/15) with Dirty on Purpose and Jealous Girlfriends opening for them.
Here is a video I took of them playing one of their quieter songs:
The Besnard Lakes: Disaster
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