The Besnard Lakes – “Necronomicon” from ‘A Coliseum Complex Museum’ came out January 22nd, 2016 on Jagjaguwar. Psychedelic rock is a tough genre to pull off, but the Besnard Lakes have it down to a pure art form. Their latesr album A Coliseum Complex Museum gives me the same feeling I get reading an epic novel. From the ebbs and flows of “The Bray Road Beast,” to the blistering solos of “Tungsten 4 – The Refugee,” this album has conflict, climax and resolution, sometimes all within one song. Also, frontman Jace Lasek said that the solos at the end of the album are inspired by the Eagles, which is just amazing.
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BESNARD LAKES – ” Necronomicon / The Plain Moon “
Posted: July 2, 2016 in MUSICTags: A Coliseum Complex Museum, Besnard Lakes
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The BESNARD LAKES – ” A Coliseum Complex Museum “
Posted: January 21, 2016 in MUSICTags: A Coliseum Complex Museum, Olga Goreas, The Besnard Lakes
Imagine dreamy Beach House riding Led Zeppelin dynamics, with unabashedly androgynous vocal harmonies. This melodic yet mountainous soundworld was sculpted at Breakglass, their own modest Paisley Park. As the longterm sporter of a Love Symbol tattoo, Prince’s pop alchemy is especially potent for Jace Lasek.
Canada’s The Besnard Lakes are releasing a brand new album, A Coliseum Complex Museum, on January 22nd via Jagjaguwar. We’ve already been treated to “Golden Lion” and “The Plain Moon.” Now “The Plain Moon” has a video. Joseph Yarmush directed the clip, which features manipulated live and studio footage of the band. Below is the video and the band’s tour dates.
The band’s Olga Goreas who premiered it: “We probably love the supernatural as much as the natural, and we’ve always been fascinated with more esoteric elements, especially with regards to capturing them visually. There are these sigils I created that are flashed in the video. Each one represents a different positive idea. I actually use them for meditation, and the notion is that you visualize them and they can be realized.”
A Coliseum Complex Museum is the follow-up to 2013’s fantastic Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO, which received its share of critical acclaim but was still criminally underappreciated/under-heard in our opinion. The Besnard Lakes lineup is still anchored by founding members and husband and wife team Jace Lasek (guitars/vocals) and Olga Goreas (vocals/bass), along with long-term drummer Kevin Laing. For this album they are joined by Sheenah Ko (keys/vocals) and Robbie Macarthur (guitar). Previous guitarist Richard White still collaborates in the studio but no longer tours with the band.
A limited number of deluxe pre-orders of the album come with a metal sigil handcrafted by Goreas and inspired by her father. “I made 11 sigils after my dad passed away almost four years ago,” Goreas said in a press release. “Each sigil has a particular meaning and there are 11 of them because he died in November of 2011 and numerologically speaking, 11 represents a rebuilding of sorts. In a way, our last album was about endings and this album is about beginning again.”
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