Artist.......: Belleisle
Album........: Longstanding
Label........: Ships at Night
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: SAN 009
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-19-2009
str.date.....: Aug-12-2008
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.myspace.com/belleislemontreal
track title time
01. Guitar (I Love You) 02:16
02. Talks a Lot 02:47
03. Flowers and Coffee 02:10
04. Better Than Reality 03:09
05. Geography 03:17
06. Waking Up Slowly 02:32
07. Good for You 02:54
08. Old Noise 04:14
09. Winter Under Covers 01:59
10. Library 02:35
11. Coasting 03:06
12. Longstanding 03:28
13. Trying 03:24
Runtime 37:51 min
Size 40,4 MB
Release Notes:
"Longstanding is a record that is destined to be
left on repeat, as the mood of the songs seem to
move perfectly alongside yours, no matter what that
mood may be."
The biggest hurdle Montreal band Belleisle face on
their debut, Longstanding, is trying to find a way
to get listeners to care. The album is full of
simple, hushed folk-pop and pretty vocal melodies
courtesy of Rebecca Silverberg and Tasha Cyr, but
thereÆs such an abundance of similar music out that
there its all too easy to dismiss Longstanding as
more of the same.
The album does possess its interesting moments,
though. Talks A Lot suddenly bursts into a thick,
effect-laden guitar solo that would fit into
droning shoegaze a lot more comfortably than it
does in a mid-tempo folk song. Geography is
loaded with a persistent, meandering squeal that
sits low in the mix, giving the impression that an
entirely more violent song is happening somewhere
just out of earshot. ôLibraryö lurches about on
ominous percussion that is completely at odds with
the rest of the song.
Outside of these few moments, Longstanding is far
too familiar. If Belleisle were to focus more on
their darker leanings in the future, they could be
onto something. For now, they have a ways to go.