Formed in 2003 by husband and wife duo Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas in Montreal’s Mile End: a young burgeoning scene of artists and musicians enjoying low rent in the early 2000s.

Moving from Vancouver in 2000, “Oggy” (Olga, originally from Kelowna) and Jace (originally from Regina) set up a small recording studio in Montreal and called it Breakglass after Marcel Duchamp’s broken-glass piece entitled The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even. After a few years of struggling to get a band off the ground, Oggy and Jace decided to use their new studio to its fullest potential and make a record, just the two of them. The result was their first LP Volume I. After a tour across Canada in 2004, they resumed work in the studio. The resulting material became The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse, beginning a 20-plus year journey of music-making and touring. Since then they’ve released multiple studio albums and EPs, been nominated 3 times for the Polaris Prize, been featured in Mojo and Uncut magazines, performed on Jimmy Fallon, and received widespread critical acclaim for their meticulous long-form psychedelic musical experiences. Meeting Kevin Laing in 2004 at a recording session, he would agree to become the band’s long-time drummer and anchor. Sheenah Ko (keys, vocals and vibes) and Gabriel Lambert (guitars), round out the powerhouse that makes this band a thing to behold in a live setting, widely regarded as an ethereal and otherworldly live musical experience. The Besnard Lakes Are Yr Bezzies Mates.