Just listened to Besnard Lakes all the way through for the first time, and am really enjoying it too. It's a darker, more emphatically psychedelic form of the (popular) psych pop genre. Simple song structures benefiting from rich and varied arrangements - and while there is definitely more than a hint of Da Boys (of Beach), I hear a lot more Moody Blues (on Rides the Rails for ex), Procol Harum, and even some Pink Floyd. Only concern for me (one listen in) is does the music stand up on its own, or is it too referential?

Love the BB's in small doses but think that BW gets a bit too much credit as the touchstone for all dream and psych-pop music of today.