This song is seriously sweet. I can't believe how much it sounds like the Wilsons.

wicked false man.

pretty cool.

I dig the Besnard Lakes a lot, but I don't think they sound that much like the Beach Boys, except that he's singing in falsetto and there's some attempt at orchestration - sounds to me to be more along the lines of the Flaming Lips. if you want Beach Boys soundalikes, the High Llamas and Ruby Suns are pretty good.

The non-falsetto voice sounds a lot like Brian Wilson. That's what made me think of The Beach Boys.

i feel like i'm on opium.

fucking awesome banfd

i dont know, sounds kinda vaginal.

rad album, 'because tonights' where it's at.

Spunk are going to be releasing this album in Oz on April 28th

I can't get over how rad this record is. How are more people not talking about it?

Every time I red the thread title I think of whacky rockers The Barenaked Ladies:

I read it as barenaked ladies too. The only reason i opened the thread was to express my hatred.

besnard lakes' myspace stuff sound nice, but too in thrall with the Beach Boyz.

this is a fucking great album.. very low- esque..

up ther with soulsavers as the best of the year thus far..

agreed.

up with the best of the year.

whenever i hear 'and you lied to me' all i hear is sparkhawk/parker. was convinced it was a new direction for low for a while there.

sparhawk.

bought this album as a punt the other day... cool sounds.

Man, I've been meaning to get this for so long. Why haven't I? Answer me!

I can't remember his name.. Shorter, with brown hair?

the best band photos i took all fest:

nice!

I love it how Jace's face is so comical, and a total contrast to the music the play. Hysterical.

he looks a bit like Weird Al in that first photo

Lefties are ace.

How old is he?

52

i feel like a douche for not seeing 'em in brisbane, hate going solo at gigs though so i'll blame it on my (lack of) friends.

52

Did you make that up? He could pass for anything from 35-60.

Think it's close to sixty.

More photos. This time from their Brisbane show.
On my Flickr.

That guitarist is ther unsung hero. His licks are so delicious.

'devastation' is my go-to tram song for the days when I'm dreading work. like today.

Still one of my favourite shows of 2011. The Soft Province is Jace and Michael's other project. Worth a listen for Besnard fans
http://www.myspace.com/softprovince

the soft province album is really good, i've been listening to it a lot this year

the new besnards ep 'you lived in the city' is a weird stopgap - two instrumental tracks and the lead song 'we're here for a good time not a long time' is taking a bit of time to warm to. and not enough jace vocal!

Hmmm that one got past me, I'll have to check it out.

more info here

apparently it's a soundtrack thing, and the opener is a cover version, so it all makes more sense to me now

Yea I visit the Jagjaguwar site fairly regularly, its pretty much my favourite label, which was why I was surprised to miss that. Looking forward to having a listen and also a better listen to the soft province album, I've only heard it through my crap computer speakers so far. It must be time for another jagjaguwar order soon, I like almost all their bands. I think I found them via Black Mountain originally

EP in the gmail. Soft Province too.