we get a lot of new indie rock at wmcn. while it's hard to get excited about new things in our 24/7 hype machine world, at least once a semester an unassuming new release arrives that makes me think, "hey, this is kinda good." back in 2003 it was arcade fire's funeral, and this year brings fellow montrealers the besnard lakes aptly titled are the dark horse.

meta-critic confirms my suspicions

mp3: the besnard lakes : disaster