On their fourth album, the Besnard Lakes built on the considerable impact of The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night; crediting an improved internal band dynamic, on Until In Excess the group’s serenely beautiful approach to deep Slowdive-style washes of sound and post-rock reach work wonders. There’s a more conventional rock and roll feeling to songs like “People Of the Sticks” and the Beach Boys-harmonizing “The Specter,” while on “And Her Eyes Were Painted Gold” and the heavy guitar reverb of “Colour Yr Lights In” it’s all about a full zoning out.

– Ned Raggett