The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes
Photo: Jace Lasek · CC BY 3.0

About the artist

The Besnard Lakes are a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek (vocals/guitar/keyboards) and Olga Goreas (vocals/Bass), and completed by Kevin Laing (drums) and Richard White (guitar). According to Songfacts, their name comes from Lake Besnard in North-Central Saskatchewan. The band gained critical attention with their second album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, that was nominated for a Polaris Prize in 2007.

Top songs

  1. Albatross
  2. Disaster
  3. For Agent 13
  4. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 1: The Ocean
  5. Chicago Train
  6. And You Lied To Me
  7. Devastation
  8. And This Is What We Call Progress
  9. Glass Printer
  10. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent
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  1. Because Tonight
  2. Land Of Living Skies Pt. 1: The Land
  3. Light Up the Night
  4. People of the Sticks
  5. On Bedford and Grand
  6. The Lonely Moan
  7. Cedric's War
  8. Rides The Rails
  9. Land Of Living Skies Pt. 2: The Living Skies
  10. 46 Satires
  11. And Her Eyes Were Painted Gold
  12. Ride The Rails
  13. The Specter
  14. Golden Lion
  15. At Midnight
  16. Colour Yr Lights In
  17. Catalina
  18. Alamogordo
  19. You Lies To Me
  20. The Plain Moon
  21. Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again
  22. The Bray Road Beast
  23. Casino Nanaimo
  24. Raindrops
  25. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 1: The Innocent
  26. Pressure of Our Plans
  27. Skyscraper Girls
  28. This Thing
  29. For Spy Turned Musician
  30. Thomasina
  31. Towers Sent Her to Sheets of Sound
  32. You've Got To Want To Be A Star
  33. Necronomicon
  34. Laura Lee
  35. Land Of Living Skies Pt. 1: The Living Skies
  36. Nightingale
  37. Deep, Desultory Dream
  38. Tungsten 4: The Refugee
  39. The Spectre
  40. In Hollywood
  41. The Divine Wind
  42. Feuds With Guns
  43. She's An Icicle
  44. Chemin de la Baie
  45. Give Us Our Dominion
  46. Holiday Sin
  47. Calling Ghostly Nations
  48. We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)
  49. Some Colour in the Sky
  50. Blackstrap
  51. Life Rarely Begins With Tungsten Film #1
  52. The Clouds Are Casting Shadows from the Sunlight
  53. The Corner
  54. Carried It All Around
  55. Life Rarely Begins With the Tungsten Film #1
  56. Cedrics war
  57. Christmas Can Wait
  58. New Revolution
  59. Pontiac Spirits
  60. Battle Lines
  61. Devistation
  62. The Motorway
  63. The Dark Side of Paradise
  64. The Father of Time Wakes Up
  65. Devastation (Alternate Version)
  66. We're Here For A Good Time
  67. Four Long Lines
  68. A Jacket for a Rainy Lady
  69. Superego
  70. 05- because tonight
  71. Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent, Pt. 2: The Innocent
  72. 08- cedrics war
  73. 06- ride the rails
  74. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent, Pt. 1: The Ocean
  75. 07- on bedford and grand
  76. Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
  77. I've Got A Feeling
  78. In The Forest
  79. Love You
  80. You Make Loving Fun
  81. Land of Living Skies, Pt. 2: The Living Skies
  82. 01- disaster
  83. Land Of Living Skies, Pt. 1: The Land
  84. Silver Shadows
  85. Chemin de la Baie - Ghost Mix
  86. 02- for agent 13
  87. Calling Ghostly Nations - Ghost Mix
  88. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Part 1 The Ocean
  89. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Part 2 The Innocent
  90. Pontiac Spirits - Ghost Mix

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