Description:	12" on Jagjaguwar includings many mp3 download bibbits
	Format:	12" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Indie Rock
	Label:	Jagjaguwar
	Price:	£4.99
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

5
...according to our Brian on 04 February 2010.

Not heard from The Besnard Lakes for a while. Here they come with their new 12", 'Albatross'. It's a shoegazey strut down memory lane that has a wonderfully spacious production, a sort of beefed-up & heavily tremeloed Mazzy Star feel. Fans of early Medicine, A Sad Day For Puppets & A Sunny Day in Glasgow should also love this. I like the way it bursts into chiming, stargazing college rock at the end, all in all a powerful little epic! The flip is a slice of evocative, atmosphere-laden downtempo; a meandering, smoky number that kind of reminds me of mid-period Field Mice, I think its the slightly cosmic electronic dabbling, the tender, conversational bassline & the ricocheting ethereal touches. The piano gives it a lovely Spiritualized edge too. A cracking double header!!

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What their label says...

The Besnard Lakes return with the first single to be taken from their highly
anticipated new full length, including exclusive B side ‘Four Long Lines’.

After an almost three year hiatus, The Besnard Lakes return
with new material – a standout track from the Montreal’s
bands upcoming longplayer, ‘The Besnard Lakes Are The
Roaring Night’.

‘Albatross’ sounds like Roy Orbison reimagined as a
rollicking, snakeskin-booted Mazzy Star.

The B-side ‘Four Long Lines’ is an exclusive track
unavailable on any other format.

The band will be touring the UK in late March, soon after the
release of the album.

This will be one of the most hotly anticipated
independent releases of the first half of 2010.