Beast Moans
Encyclopedia
Beast Moans is the debut album by Canadian
indie rock
supergroup
Swan Lake
, released in November 2006 on the label Jagjaguwar
. It was recorded at Dead Wood Studios in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
as well as at a house in Victoria, British Columbia
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Swan Lake
Swan Lake (band)
Swan Lake is a Canadian indie supergroup comprising Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Blackout Beach, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer, Hello, Blue Roses and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Frog Eyes. Originally playing under the moniker "Thunder Cloud", the group...
, released in November 2006 on the label Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
. It was recorded at Dead Wood Studios in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Shawnigan Lake is a village on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The name Shawnigan is an adaptation of the Hunquminum name for the Shawnigan Lake, the lake the village is situated at, Shaanii'us...
as well as at a house in Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
.
Track listing
- "Widow's Walk" (Daniel Bejar)
- "Nubile Days" (Spencer KrugSpencer KrugSpencer Krug is a Canadian musician. He is currently the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock bands Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Fifths of Seven, and ska band the Two Tonne Bowlers, playing various...
) - "City Calls" (Carey MercerCarey MercerCarey Mercer is a Canadian musician and English teacher best known for his work as lead singer of the indie rock band Frog Eyes and his work in Swan Lake. He has an additional solo project called Blackout Beach. Once, when on tour with Sum 41 , Mercer fell off stage and bruised his tailbone at a...
) - "A Venue Called Rubella" (Bejar)
- "All Fires" (Krug)
- "The Partisan But He's Got to Know" (Mercer)
- "The Freedom" (Bejar)
- "Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914" †
- "The Pollenated Girls" (Mercer)
- "Bluebird" (Krug)
- "Pleasure Vessels" (Mercer)
- "Are You Swimming in Her Pools?" (Krug)
- "Shooting Rockets" (Bejar)
- † The writer of "Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914" is currently unknown.