The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

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The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
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Studio album by
The Besnard Lakes
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2021
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length71:11
LabelFatCat Records, Flemish Eye, Full Time Hobby
The Besnard Lakes chronology
A Coliseum Complex Museum
(2016) 		The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
(2021)

The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings is the sixth studio album by Canadian psychedelic rock band the Besnard Lakes. It was released on January 29, 2021, on Flemish Eye Records in Canada, FatCat Records in the United States, and Full Time Hobby Records in the rest of the world.[1]

Writing and composition[]

The music featured on this album was originally written ten years prior as a single track film score.[2] It it the band's first ever double album.[3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?[4]7.3/10
Metacritic[5]81/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[6]
The Arts Desk3/5 stars[7]
Beats Per Minute78%[8]
Exclaim!7/10[3]
Mojo4/5 stars[4][5]
Spectrum Culture8/10[9]
Uncut8/10[4][5]
Under the Radar7/10 stars[10]

The album was met with favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[5] Review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7.3/10 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

No.TitleLength
1."Blackstrap"6:35
2."Raindrops"5:10
3."Christmas Can Wait"8:03
4."Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again"6:29
5."Feuds with Guns"4:21
6."The Dark Side of Paradise"8:58
7."New Revolution"6:54
8."The Father of Time Wakes Up"6:48
9."Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings"17:53

Personnel[]

Taken from official website[1]

  • Olga Goreas – writer, producer, composer
  • Philip Gosselin – mastering
  • Jace Lasek – writer, producer, composer, mixing

Artwork

  • Olga Goreas – handwritten font
  • Todd Stewart – inside gatefold design
  • Corri-Lynn Tetz – front and back cover
  • Dave Thomas – album layout

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". The Besnard Lakes. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  2. ^ Marszalek, Julian (2021-02-11). "The Besnard Lakes: Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". The Quietus. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bobkin, Matt (2021-01-27). "'The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings' Is Absurdly Maximalist". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings by The Besnard Lakes reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings by The Besnard Lakes". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  6. ^ Monger, Timothy. "The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  7. ^ Tyler, Kieron (2021-01-29). "Album: The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  8. ^ Griffiths, Daniel (2021-02-09). "Album Review: The Besnard Lakes – …Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  9. ^ Hazelwood, Holly (2021-02-09). "The Besnard Lakes: Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  10. ^ Von Pip, Andy (2021-01-26). "The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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