Album Review: The Besnard Lakes Are The Ghost Nation by The Besnard Lakes

It takes some talent to make a weighty subject like the death of a country’s identity and turn it into a rousing, intricate record. Yet here we are The Besnard Lakes may never have quite made the commercial breakthrough that the ‘other’ husband/wife band from Montreal, Arcade Fire, made, but their sheer longevity means that a new album from Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas is always a welcome event. Although never the most overtly political of bands, there’s an unmistakable edge hanging over Are The Ghost Nation, the band’s seventh album.

Full Review >>