The Besnard Lakes - Are The Roaring Night
(Jagjaguwar) CD & LP
Besnard Lakes Are The Darkhorse was a slow, steady burn that won many hearts in 2007 – its mix of proggy structures with etherial atmospheric & classic rock chops did wonders for those looking for a respite from quippy, thin indie rock. Their follow up, Roaring Night expands upon the sound of Darkhorse, with a little more time spent dwelling in the floating, Lynchian scapes these guys do so well. Of course, things do come to a head with “And This Is What We Call Progress”, an amazing driving tune with soaring vocals from Jace Lasek and a call & response riff arrangement that picks up the “rawk” quotient. One of the year’s strongest rock records so far.