The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Encyclopedia
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
.
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...
rock band
Rock Band
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The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, two of their three albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.-History:...
, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
). The album was The Besnard Lakes' first release on indie label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
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...
and was self-produced by bandleaders Jace Lasek
Jace Lasek
Jace Lasek is a Canadian musician and producer living in Montreal. He and his wife Olga Goreas are the principal songwriters for the Montreal-based indie rock band The Besnard Lakes. Lasek plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. He is also the band's lead vocalist.Furthermore, Lasek runs...
and Olga Goreas. It was nominated for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize
Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label...
.
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 – vocalsHuman voiceThe human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
(except on "Disaster"), bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(except on "Disaster"), miscellaneous other instruments - Jace LasekJace LasekJace Lasek is a Canadian musician and producer living in Montreal. He and his wife Olga Goreas are the principal songwriters for the Montreal-based indie rock band The Besnard Lakes. Lasek plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. He is also the band's lead vocalist.Furthermore, Lasek runs...
– vocals (except on "Devastation"), guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(except on "Devastation"), organ (on "For Agent 13", "And You Lied to Me", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails"), miscellaneous other instruments - Kevin Laing – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(on "And You Lied to Me", "Devastation", "Cedric's War") - Nicole Lizée – stringString sectionThe string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
, hornHorn sectionIn music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, and saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
arrangements (on "Disaster", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails"), RhodesRhodes pianoThe Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
(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 – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(on "Disaster", "Because Tonight", "Rides the Rails") - Sophie TrudeauSophie TrudeauSophie Trudeau is a Canadian musician. She is best known for being a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and co-founder of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Efrim Menuck and Thierry Amar...
– violin (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails") - Chris Seligman – French horn (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails")
- Billy Boufford – flute (on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails"), soprano saxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
(on "Disaster", "Rides the Rails") - Jonathan CumminsJonathan CumminsJonathan "Johnson" Cummins is a Canadian musician and record producer originally from Toronto, now based out of Montreal. He has played in Circus Lupus, the Doughboys, Treble Charger, Bionic, Goddo, The Parachute Club, The Headpins, and The Besnard Lakes...
– 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")