The Besnard Lakes may never have quite made the commercial breakthrough that the ‘other’ husband/wife band from Montreal, Arcade Fire, made, but their sheer longevity means that a new album from Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas is always a welcome event.
Although never the most overtly political of bands, there’s an unmistakable edge hanging over Are the Ghost Nation, the band’s seventh album. Lasek has described a ‘ghost nation’ as the death of a country, with explicit mention of the remote but real threat to Canada of becoming the 51st of the United States.
So, although the overall sound will be a familiar one to Besnard Lakes long-term fans, there also seems to be an air of defiance hanging over…

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