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Belleisle Longstanding Ships at Night It takes a fine artist to know a fine artist. As founders of quality Montreal label Ships at Night (Plants and Animals, Orillia Opry), Rebecca Silverberg and Jeannot Boudreau have shown impeccable taste in working with bands that value conversational intimacy. Their own elegantly subdued group follows that lead. The dual-singer approach pays off: Tasha Cyr is the ethereal one, Silverberg the earthy one, each maintaining her own personality while intertwining with the other. Even when the guitars are amped up, Longstanding has a soothing heart and an attentive eye to embroidery - a distant drone, a halo of reverb, a solitary trumpet colour songs that are rooted in a humble place but possess a humble power. Rating 3 1/2 Podworthy: Old Noise JORDAN ZIVITZ Belleisle performs Sept. 12 at Club Lambi, 4465 St. Laurent Blvd. Tickets available at the door.