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Hot on the heels of contemporaneous breakthroughs for all its members' other bands, Swan Lake capitalized on its indie supergroup status and branched out with BEAST MOANS. Comprised of Dan Bejar from Destroyer, Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade, and Carey Mercer from Frog Eyes, the band meshes their individual visions effortlessly on this self-produced moonlighting project that swings from beautifully melodic narratives to noisy experimentalism. Arpeggiating pianos, layered organs, and loose sounds dot the landscape of BEAST MOANS's thirteen tracks.
Recording information: Dead Wood Studios, Shawnigan Lake (02/2006); Sun C Studios, British Columbia, Canada (02/2006); Sun C Studios, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (02/2006).
Photographer: Rafael Goldchain.Spin (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey find beauty in a gurgling version of psychedelic folk, reaching through the mist and retrieving, as by complete accident, gorgeously delicate bits of melody..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.85) - "Krug masterfully leads the deep-fuzz dirge 'All Fires' and Bejar turns out a typically erudite anthem in 'The Freedom.'" -- Grade: B
Uncut (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's punctuated by bursts of poetic insight and near-orgasmic glee."
Alternative Press (p.190) - "[A]ptly titled -- with the saucy wit of Colin Meloy and more outboard effects than an Aphex Twin record, the trio careen through 13 rhapsodical tracks of delay-drenched, ramshackle David Byrne-meets-Black Francis love-rock."
CMJ (p.3) - "[A]s guttural an unrestrained as its title suggests....[The album] manages the bewitching contradiction of being both earthy and ethereal." Swan Lake Beast Moans Songs Beast Moans Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  lush, experimental soundscapes
I am a huge fan of all things Krug, and recently got into Destroyer. Although I haven't really gotten into Frog Eyes, I appreciate their avant garde edge. That said, when I first listened to this album, I was somewhat disappointed. It sounded muddled and slopped together. Several of the songs sounded like incomplete ideas. However, after repeated listening, I think that this is a really good album. It is best to listen to it as an album, rather than picking selected tracks. The whole thing gives me a feeling of floating. Upon my first few listens, I was overwhelmed by a wall of sound and reverb, upon repeated listening, however, different noises and instrumentation come out of the mix, making this an infinitely replayable album. Noisy cacaphony suddenly turns into melodic and beautiful moments, only to be swept back under seconds later. These moments (more and more are revealed upon repeated listens) are what make the album challenging and endlessly rewarding. Turn it on and get swept up in the blissful, melancholy haze that Krug, Bejar, and Mercer have created.
Submitted by wardiscool (Logan, UT) 
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