The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night

The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Studio album by The Besnard Lakes
Released	March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09)
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
The Besnard Lakes chronology
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse (2007) The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (2010) Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO (2013)

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, "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. Main songwriters Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas have different thematical approaches to their songwriting on the album. Lasek's songs usually revolve around a retired spy who worked during the war and 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 rumoured 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]

The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.^[3]

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

    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    Source	Rating
    Allmusic	[4]
    BBC	(positive)[5]
    Delusions of Adequacy	(positive)[6]
    Drowned in Sound	[7]
    musicOMH	[8]
    NME	[9]
    No Ripcord	[10]
    One Thirty BPM	(86%)[11]
    Pitchfork Media	(7.8/10)[12]
    Rolling Stone	[13]
    Slant Magazine	[14]
    Spin Magazine	[15]
    Tiny Mix Tapes	[16]

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