The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

Infobox Album
Name = The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Type = studio
Artist = The Besnard Lakes

---

Recorded = The Breakglass Studios, Montreal, Canada
Released = February 20, 2007
Genre = Post-rock
Psychedelic rock
Indie rock
Shoegaze
Length = 45:26
Label = Jagjaguwar (U.S.)
Outside Music (Canada)
Producer = Jace Lasek, Olga Goreas
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxftxqqrld0e link]
*Drowned in Sound (9/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/9197 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41230/The_Besnard_Lakes_Are_the_Dark_Horse link]
*"Q" Rating|3.5|5 March 2007
*"Spin" Rating|3.5|5 March 2007
*Stylus (8.3/10) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-besnard-lakes/the-besnard-lakes-are-the-dark-horse.htm link]
*"Uncut" Rating|4.5|5 March 2007
Last album = "Volume 1"
(2003)
This album = "The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse"
(2007)
Next album =

"The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse" (sometimes referred to as "...Are the Dark Horse") is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band The Besnard Lakes, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album was The Besnard Lakes' first release on indie label Jagjaguwar and was self-produced by bandleaders Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. It was nominated for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize.

Track listing

# "Disaster" (Olga Goreas, Jace Lasek, Nicole Lizée) – 5:42
# "For Agent 13" (Goreas, Lasek) – 5:12
# "And You Lied to Me" (Goreas, Lasek) – 7:20
# "Devastation" (Goreas, Lasek) – 5:50
# "Because Tonight" (Goreas, Lasek, Lizée) – 7:11
# "Rides the Rails" (Goreas, Lasek, Lizée) – 4:56
# "On Bedford and Grand" (Goreas, Lasek) – 5:06
# "Cedric's War" (Goreas, Lasek) – 4:05

Personnel

* Olga Goreas – vocals (except on "Disaster"), bass (except on "Disaster"), miscellaneous other instruments
* Jace Lasek – vocals (except on "Devastation"), guitar (except on "Devastation"), organ (on "For Agent 13", "And You Lied to Me", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails"), miscellaneous other instruments
* Kevin Laing – drums (on "And You Lied to Me", "Devastation", "Cedric's War")
* Nicole Lizée – string, horn, flute, and saxophone arrangements (on "Disaster", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails"), rhodes (on "And You Lied to Me", "On Bedford and Grant"), miscellaneous other instruments
* Steve Raegele – vocals (on "Rides the Rails"), guitar (on "And You Lied to Me", "Devastation")

Additional personnel

* Heather Schnarr – violin (on "Disaster", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails")
*Sophie Trudeau – violin (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails")
*Chris Seligman – French horn (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails")
* Billy Boufford – flute (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails"), soprano saxophone (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails")
*Jonathan Cummins – guitar (on "And You Lied to Me", "Devastation")
* Eric LaRock – bass (on "Devastation")
* Jerimiah Bullied – guitar (on "Devastation")
* George Donoso III – drums (on "Devastation")
* Jean-Paul Terron – drums (on "Devastation")
* The Fifth String Liberation Singers Choir – vocals (on "Devastation")

References