The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
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| Released | January 29, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 71:11 | |||
| Label | FatCat Records, Flemish Eye, Full Time Hobby | |||
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| Singles from 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 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]
The music featured on this album was originally written ten years prior as a single track film score.[2] It was the band's first ever double album.[3]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10[4] |
| Metacritic | 81/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Arts Desk | [7] |
| Beats Per Minute | 78%[8] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[3] |
| Mojo | [4][5] |
| Spectrum Culture | 8/10[9] |
| Uncut | 8/10[4][5] |
| Under the Radar | [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]
