"Mixing rugged North American rock and folk with cosmic pop trappings makes this like the most languid teenage summer imaginable! 9 out of 10” – NME

“Right now no one is making music this grand, this big, this moving with so much assurance. The Besnard Lakes make music to get lost in. 9 out of 10” – Chicago Tribune

“The dark heart of Canada has landed, burning within the psychedelic dirge-pop of this husband and wife-led Montreal collective”. – Uncut

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Civil Society is thrilled to announce that The Besnard Lakes will be joined at their Brisbane headline show by the beautifully fierce sounds of local five-piece Nova Scotia. The band's glorious live shows, two sold out EPs and recently released debut album have earned them a huge local following. Recent times have found them playing festival slots and supporting the likes of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Built to Spill and Vivian Girls. With a trademark three guitar attack weaving around melodic basslines, Nova Scotia’s 90s revival sound references the slacker stylings and ragged melancholy of American greats like Pavement , Guided by Voices and Sonic Youth , but with a more euphoric and psychedelic exuberance. Grab your tickets to see this striking lineup now!

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Civil Society is proud to announce the debut Australian tour of Quebecois alternative-rockers The Besnard Lakes. Touring off the back of their third studio album ‘The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night’, the six-piece Quebecois collective will bless Australian music lovers with their breathtaking Pink Floyd meets Beach Boys live show.
Emerging from Montreal's dark corners is The Besnard Lakes, a band centered on the atmospheric songs of husband and wife team Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, whose expansive sound culls from, but does not adhere to, numerous aspects of rock 'n' roll's rich history.

Their latest album 'The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night' was released in early 2010 on Jagjaguwar (Gayngs, Ladyhawk, Bon Iver) - receiving universal critical acclaim and whirlwinds of buzz in the blogosphere. The album was recorded at singer Lasek's own Breakglass Studios using a Neve germanium mixing console rumoured to have been used to record Led Zeppelin’s Physical Grafitti.

The Besnard Lakes recent music calls upon the influence of Electric Light Orchestra and finer parts of the Alan Parsons Project in its orchestration, and is haunted by ghostly harmonies of the Beach Boys. The music bursts with sublime boy/girl (husband/wife!) harmonies that float above crashing drums and epic guitar solos; elsewhere, boozy organ lurches around ethereal vocals and reverb heavy guitars. And that's just the beginning for a band that weaves a seamless course between pop melodies and experimental structures, creating a sound that is equal parts spooky and pretty, and more than a little psychedelic. Comparisons to The Beach Boys and Pink Floyd are inevitable, while fans of both My Bloody Valentine and The Mamas And The Papas will find a lot to like, too.

Listen to any song from ‘The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night’, and its hard not to be excited by the thought of hearing such majestic, sprawling, and grandiosely epic music in a live context. The Besnard Lakes will tour the East Coast of Australia from March 10-13, 2011.

The Besnard Lakes
Australian Tour 2011

Sydney
with Stonefield
Thursday, March 10
Manning Bar
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Brisbane
with Nova Scotia
Friday, March 11
The Zoo
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Melbourne
with Stonefield
Saturday, March 12
The Corner
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The Besnard Lakes will also be appearing at Golden Plains Festival

Watch/Listen:
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross (Directed by Kara Blake)
http://vimeo.com/11621943

Nova Scotia - The World Is Not Enough
http://soundcloud.com/lofly-recordings/the-world-is-not-enough

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/songsofnovascotia
www.myspace.com/thebesnardlakes
www.thebesnardlakes.com
www.civilsociety.com.au
www.myspace.com/civilsocietytouring

Releases:
The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night is out now through Jagjaguwar/Inertia.
Nova Scotia's self titled 12" EP out now through lofly.