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9.0
9846
9.0 |
The Fly
...intense, swirling storms of songs, recalling at once their closest contemporaries, Band Of Horses, and The Beach Boys
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9.0
9988
9.0 |
NME
The combination of Canadian indie, psychedelic ’60s rock, cosmic ’70s pop and shoegaze is nothing short of beautiful
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9.0
10024
9.0 |
The Quietus
This album is a blinding listen, interesting, deep and indeed beautiful to behold
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9.0
10404
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
While as a whole, the record isn’t quite up to the standard of its glorious predecessor, it comes pretty darn close
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8.6
11639
8.6 |
One Thirty BPM
A triumph. It combines their immense instrumental talents with their pop sensibilities in a formula that provides an irresistible song on almost every occasion
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8.0
9671
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
When they perfect that balance between ephemeral delicacy and soaring grandeur they sound ready to blanket the entire world in their shadow
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8.0
9883
8.0 |
music OMH
You won't find a more compelling wall of sound in many other places this year
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8.0
9965
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
9975
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
9977
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
10004
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The Besnard Lakes’ take on psych-pop sounds grand and ambitious, even unpredictably accessible for those who’ve been following their career
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8.0
10021
8.0 |
Eye Weekly
The Montreal space-rockers aren’t about to radically change course. So, on album No. 3, the band opt for fine-tuning enhancement over radical evolution
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8.0
10215
8.0 |
Under The Radar
The Besnard Lakes roll out note after note, moment after moment, song after song that build in anticipation, spectacle, and beauty
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8.0
10239
8.0 |
Blurt
Roaring Night pulls off the difficult feat of being nearly all crescendo, all finale, without becoming tedious or overblown
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7.8
10173
7.8 |
Pitchfork
There isn't anything that would be considered a radical departure. But when you make the kind of entrance the Besnard Lakes did, there isn't much to fix
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7.5
10211
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An impeccably produced piece with true dynamic range
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7.0
9917
7.0 |
Spin
...it's beguiling but disorienting
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7.0
9923
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Take time to savor it, and you'll be transported
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7.0
9940
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
...brings the Montreal group’s potential down to earth, expanding what were sweeping, almost classical compositions into gut-wrenching, prog-y panoramas
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7.0
10484
7.0 |
Bowlegs
Their fantasy confection of Crazy Horse, Fleetwood Mac and The Beach Boys works far better when open to the listener’s own interpretations than within any prescribed narrative framework
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7.0
10603
7.0 |
Pop Matters
This stuff is too big and too beautiful to ignore
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6.0
9672
6.0 |
The Skinny
An enriching mosaic of sound that comes very close to fulfilling its ambition
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