Before reading the short story and commentary below, please press play on the Youtube video below. It is the first two songs of the album combined.
Pink Floyd and The Beach Boys meet on a street on a dark and eery night circa 1974. Pink Floyd is like, "Hey guys, cool voices, jump in our hovercraft and lets starjump to Canada." The Beach Boys respond, "Well hey! Thank you for the compliment. We like your epic space rock. We will stop surfing and start exploring space with you. This is a great opportunity. Let's begin." So the two groups hop into a ship. Soon after takeoff, some weird alien shit starts happening. The members of Pink Floyd become one giant man. The members of The Beach Boys become one giant woman. They decide to reproduce. They spawn 4 children who they plop out into Montreal, Canada and leave to fend for themselves, although they leave them notes about life and all of their recordings. Time passes and the children become adults who form a musical group entitled The Besnard Lakes.
The following tracks are from their most recent album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. In all seriousness, this CD sets a precedent for any modern day psych-rock. The ethereal Beach Boys-esque vocals and Pink Floyd-ish psychedelia (especially in the bass, synth/keyboard, drums, guitar solos) blend perfectly and spine-tinglingly into the neo-prog sonic expanse of this otherwordly album. There are also walls of sound, guitar fuzz, and hazy female vocals on tracks like "Albatross" that come from the shoegaze cookbook and masterpiece My Bloody Valentine - Loveless. You need to listen to this LOUD. It is a great driving and headphone record. Support this husband/wife duo and their team. They are currently on tour, and put on a very memorable and entrancing show. This album is historic.
The following tracks are from their most recent album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. In all seriousness, this CD sets a precedent for any modern day psych-rock. The ethereal Beach Boys-esque vocals and Pink Floyd-ish psychedelia (especially in the bass, synth/keyboard, drums, guitar solos) blend perfectly and spine-tinglingly into the neo-prog sonic expanse of this otherwordly album. There are also walls of sound, guitar fuzz, and hazy female vocals on tracks like "Albatross" that come from the shoegaze cookbook and masterpiece My Bloody Valentine - Loveless. You need to listen to this LOUD. It is a great driving and headphone record. Support this husband/wife duo and their team. They are currently on tour, and put on a very memorable and entrancing show. This album is historic.
The Besnard Lakes - And This Is What We Call Progress
The Besnard Lakes - Light Up The Night
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
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