The Besnard Lakes http://www.thebesnardlakes.com Official website of The Besnard Lakes Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:09:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Volume 1: special edition http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/07/12/volume-1-special-edition/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/07/12/volume-1-special-edition/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:36:51 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/?p=961 We’re very proud to offer a very special edition repress of our first album “Volume I.”

This release is limited to 600 copies and is signed by Olga and Jace on the inner LP sleeve and numbered on the jacket. This deluxe package is double gatefold and has been hit with a UV gloss. Once these are gone, they are gone, so get yours now while quantities still last.

You can get it on our store.
It is also available in Montreal at Phonopolis and L’Oblique.

 

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/07/12/volume-1-special-edition/feed/ 0 New EP: You Lived In the City http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/28/new-ep-you-lived-in-the-city/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/28/new-ep-you-lived-in-the-city/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:32:02 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/?p=935 We wrote music for Welcome to Pine Point, a multimedia documentary that combines video footage, artwork, photographs and music on a web interface.

The songs we contributed will be available via 12″ EP on september 22. It will be available at our upcoming tour dates and by mail order from JagJaguwar.

More info in the Music section

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/28/new-ep-you-lived-in-the-city/feed/ 0 New US/Canada tour with Malajube, Soft Province http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/27/new-tour-dates/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/27/new-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:53:13 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/?p=930 We are going back on the road this fall with Malajube and The Soft Province.
Check the tour section for all the info.

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/06/27/new-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Sympathy for Delicious soundtrack http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/05/02/sympathy-for-delicious/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/05/02/sympathy-for-delicious/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 14:30:34 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/?p=918 We wrote music for Sympathy for Delicious, Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut. It will be released on June 7th on Lakeshore records.

http://sympathyfordelicious.com
http://www.facebook.com/SympathyforDelicious

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/05/02/sympathy-for-delicious/feed/ 0 The Soft Province http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/22/the-soft-province-2/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/22/the-soft-province-2/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:39:23 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://thebesnardlakes.com/?p=910 The debut album from Jace’s side project, THE SOFT PROVINCE, is out today!

It was recorded partially by Jace at Breakglass Studios in Montreal, and partially by Mike over a period of two years in Regina, Canada. In August of 2008, Mike flew to Montreal armed only with a 12-string Fender Coronado and over thirty different recordings of song ideas and loose structures. Jace helped to organize, edit and arrange the album, adding extra instrumentation and finally, vocals. In November 2008, they mixed the album at Breakglass. The final product digs into the duo’s love of layering sounds and instruments, and using the studio as a way to achieve it.

Drawing on Mike and Jace’s love of the pop song and long repetitive drones, the album spans the distance between the concise pop song structure of Francoise Hardy and the psychedelic organ drones of Broadcast. Guests include Jace’s wife and Besnard Lakes band mate, Olga Goreas, Max Henry (Suuns, Young Galaxy) and Jonathan Cummins’ 1965 Fender Jazzmaster.

Check them out on Facebook or Myspace

You can buy the CD on the online store, or a digital copy on iTunes.

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Mar 17 – Hong Kong @ Hidden Agenda
Mar 18 – Shanghai @ Yuyintang
Mar 19 – Beijing @ Mao Livehouse

Check Tour section for all tour dates.

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/18/china/feed/ 0 New Video http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/16/new-video/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/16/new-video/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:51:21 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://thebesnardlakes.com/?p=893 Check out the new video for And This Is What We Call Progress!
It was shot by the great people over at For No One

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/16/new-video/feed/ 0 The Soft Province http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/05/the-soft-province/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/05/the-soft-province/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:29:15 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://thebesnardlakes.com/?p=733 Somewhere in the two thousand-mile-journey between the capital of Saskatchewan and downtown Montreal exists a new body of music called The Soft Province. It’s the fruit of Jace’s collaboration with longtime friend Michael Gardiner, a visual artist, musician and recording engineer living in Western Canada. Their first album comes out on February 22, 2011 on Three Ring Records.

The single is already available to buy on iTunes

More information about the band can be found here
Myspace - Facebook

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More information on the film can be found here

]]> http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/02/02/new-film-score/feed/ 0 Welcome to Pine Point http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/01/15/welcome-to-pine-point/ http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/2011/01/15/welcome-to-pine-point/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:33:50 +0000 thebesnardlakes http://intensivecareband.com/wordpress/?p=395 We have completed work for the soundtrack of an NFB-produced interactive website about Pine Point – a town in the North West Territories that was literally removed from Canada’s map in the late 80′s. You can check it out here

Here are some pictures from the website.

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