The Besnard Lakes play NYC!

Having released one the warmest records of '07, THE BESNARD LAKES - those almost-famous disseminators of gorgeous but grounded experimental pop music - are returning to the United States in July having just returned from their first European tour.

Their full-length album on Jagjaguwar  (also see David Vandervelde), called "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", that quickly made it onto numerous and budding best-albums-of-the-year short-lists by a whole range of music-listening pedigree -- critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans, and headphone junkies. Pitchfork recently wrote: "...almost every song builds to a crucial moment where the Besnards bravely step out of the shadows, and in the process, transform from being a merely good band
to a great one."

Check out, "And You Lied To Me".

Tour dates:

07/12/07 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place
07/13/07 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
07/14/07 New York, NY - City Sol   w/ Les Savy Fav Land of Talk
07/15/07 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's   w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/16/07 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's   w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/17/07 Washington, DC - Black Cat (backstage)   w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/18/07 Chapel Hill, NC - Blend   w/ Dirty On Purpose
07/20/07 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts   w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/21/07 Bloomington, IN - Uncle Fester's   w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/23/07 Chicago, IL - Schuba's   w/ Handsome Furs
07/24/07 Chicago, IL - Schuba's   w/ Handsome Furs
07/26/07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland
07/27/07 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab

Watch out for the new 12-inch, "Casino Nanaimo", set for release on September 11th.

Tags:   Besnard Lakes, David Vandervelde, Mercury Lounge

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Posted on 7/9/2007 ( Permanent Link )
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