Boards of Canada - Inferno

[goldtorizo]

So Boards of Canada’s new album Inferno just released after 13 years since Tomorrows Harvest. Just wondering what everyone here thinks about it, and more broadly what are people’s favorite songs/albums from them. Maybe any cool experiences while listening or how they’ve inspired your own music…

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Personally Geogaddi and Tomorrows Harvest are my favorites and have been with me at a couple pivotal moments in my life. When TH came out summer 2013 I was leaving for a bike tour around the coast of Michigan and it really made the perfect soundtrack. Moved to a new city that winter and it was kind of rough… didn’t know anyone, worked too much for little pay, smoking/drinking constantly and it was just a long depressing winter. Geogaddi was on repeat in my car and really helped me through all of that.

Anyway, Inferno is fantastic IMO and I got to listen to it while camping out with my dog. 10/10

My favorite song is Age of Capricorn or Blood in the Labyrinth

What did you guys think of it ?

[cubistguitar]

Need to hear more but it is quite good to my ears, Age of Capricorn grabbed me too.

[VirtualModular]

Bought it on bleep.com yesterday, because I don’t use streaming. I think it’s a return to form!

Music has the right to children was always my favourite BoC album but this one’s a cracker too.

It’s a lot darker but still has a few tracks with that signature hazy, washed out sound. I like the chopped up vocal samples in Father and Son, and the vocoder bits on The Word Becomes Flesh. All the tracks are good though, I thought it was way better than Tomorrow’s Harvest.

[cubistguitar]

agreed, not retread but return to great work

Age of Capricorn is a fave