What's the message?
>>130468172musicians have the right to abuse children
God is the ultimate resonance
I think that’s wonderful
>>130468172never take 13 year breaks because you forget how to compose music
Make really mid albums up until 2013, then stop for a long time, and then drop the best album you’ve ever made, simultaneously shitting on christians and conservatives
>>130468172spend an entire year on making one good tune, then continue for the next decade.this deserves MASSIVE respect. BOC are artists drowning in a world of instant slop
MABUSMAAABUS
>>130468172upon realizing that the rock formations at the edge of siccar point circa 1788 could not have sprouted from the earth any earlier than hundreds of millions of years beforehand, john playfair remarked that, “the mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time.” he was off on a trip with james hutton, now considered to be the progenitor of modern understandings of geology and the broader concept of “deep time,” to find proof of his theory that the world did not just exist as it was now, but that it had always existed, and would continue to exist far, far beyond any person could reasonably expect to understand, let alone live through. in just an instant, this world, once thought by many to be a carefully constructed training ground built to develop the human spirit, was put in between two mirrors, leaving humanity with nothing left to do but watch its edges stretch infinitely away from them; rushing away into that greening expanse, too, was their creator.
>>130469492unless you are a true fundamentalist it's impossible to deny the material reality of the earth as a place we simply happen to be. sure, many still believe in a creator, but holy texts are often incongruent with modern understandings of the world, so the experience of being willfully religious in modern life is to be a scaffold constructor, slowly building up workarounds and crutches to support the holes where the laws of science have punched through. at most, a passive creator is justifiable: a deadbeat who created reality on a whim in one fell swoop with a set of perfectly consistent systems, and then fucked off to parts unknown, never to touch his creation ever again. spiritual transcendence may still be attained after one’s life, as you transfer over to wherever the hell the creator is hiding out, but a spiritual connection can never be forged in the here and now. as seyyed hossein nasr says during a lecture sampled on Prophecy at 1420 MHz , “if you say there’s no third floor in this building, you’ll not try to go up to the third floor.”if the absolute truth is indeed nothing, then the human being is alone. alone in the world, since the plants and animals that surround them are just as much transient guests on earth as they are, alone in the universe, since the odds that make up life on earth are infinitesimally low, and alone in themselves, since their consciousness will never be touched by something outside of the human experience. even humans themselves, the focal point through which reality is perceived, are fully reducible to a set of molecules, chemicals, and electrical signals, firing off at random to create society. in the face of such profound loneliness and alienation, is there really any wonder why people will do whatever they can to bring the divine back into their hands? of course, everyone has a different idea on how to reconnect with their creator, and these methods are only getting more desperate as the years tick away.
>>130468172>What's the message?shilling non stop on /mu//threadNow Im not going to listen to it
>>130469503over the past several decades, the millenarians and the institutions of power in the united states have joined forces (or maybe they were always the same in the first place) to concoct a series of events that will result in the second coming of jesus christ, their savior. maybe it’s the anxiety of being four trillionth in line at the dmv, or maybe it’s all those damn hot days we’ve been having lately, but the evangelists are tired of waiting: they need him here, right now. to make this proverbial second coming omelette happen, though, untold eggs must be cracked in west asia, all according to professional dot-connectors who make a living off of spinning these kinds of webs. conspiracy theories may seem complicated on the surface, but their real goal is to make the world simpler; if a plane flies straight through the heart of the christian world, then it must be the work of mabus, the evil figure foretold by nostradamus, and not the consequence of thousands of tiny moving parts, both political and personal. christ may or may not come back, that remains to be seen, but there will always be antichrists: some unwilling subjects, and some just playing the heel so that the big man will jump down from the rafters and stop them himself.but forget the end times, and forget capricorn. according to the 5th dimension, the age of aquarius dawned over fifty years ago, finally re-opening that gate to the creator that pesky science had closed down only a few hundred years before. almost overnight, a new industry of religious organizations cropped up to usher in this new era, often targeting the fragile allegiances of nascent counterculturalists.
>>130468172read thesymbles review: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/boards-of-canada/inferno/
>>130469524the children of god integrated “free love” sexual sensibilities into their theology to downplay abuse and unsavory relationships, the international society for krishna consciousness took advantage of the aesthetically driven interests of the hippies to get them to proselytize and misogynize just like the evangelicals, albeit with an eastern twist, and many more promised salvation with varying levels of control. common across this whole spectrum was a shared interest in the impurity of the material world; by 1967, the opulence of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (and of course, the gaining rights of minority groups through the civil rights movement, as figures like charles manson were deeply concerned about) were seen as a scourge upon the youth culture, and a turn to hardcore religious doctrine was a path towards that consciousness connection that could not be meaningfully achieved through lysergic acid diethylamide. after all, if the world now is godless, like james hutton proved years before, what use is it in keeping the connections one once had within it? instead of connecting with the broader world and what lies beyond it, the devotees of these new religious movements sunk deeper into the micro-worlds their leaders created for them. at least there, you have someone tangible to grasp onto in the whirlwind.maybe this lot was just spoiled. the boomers had their chance to transcend human consciousness, and they failed, already too tainted by visions of escape to meaningfully appreciate the world their feet were planted on. well, that’s just fine, because there are new generations opening their eyes for the first time; if you whisper the right things into their ears, then maybe they can continue the crusade for you.
>>130469537one wonders if the famous obsession evangelicals often have with the stages of human development has less to do with any actual theology, and is instead nothing more than a cold numbers game: if a person is born, then they can be “saved”, so births are incentivized on the off chance that the virus may be spread to them too. into this land devoid of magic and mystery the children are sent, and their religious beliefs, once an effective coping mechanism that successfully brought humans through thousands of years, are now whittled down rhetorical weapons, waiting to be activated when the time is right to further the goals of the jack van impes of the world. this world, to them, is violent, uncaring, and vicious, and if you don’t have that word of the lord baked into you from the cradle until the grave, then you’re out there in the labyrinth, fighting ghosts and banging on the fucking walls trying to escape. it’s funny that these people try to tell you the apocalypse is imminent, because from the way they talk about the state of the modern world, you’d think it’s already here.what, then, do we do with this inferno? according to the theocracy that rules the most powerful country in the world, the fires must be accelerated, so that the ghouls in power with single digits left to live can see the messiah save them in the nick of time with their own eyes. according to the scientists, the coasts will burn and sink into the ocean if the wanton attitude of polluters is not corrected, leaving ourselves to a wholly secular armageddon.
>all this hype and talk for an indie buddha bar album
>>130468304>simultaneously shitting on christians and conservativesis such stunning courage & mold-breaking commentary even allowed in 2026???
>>130469516>the hayleyfag simpsharter calling someone out for shilling lolmao
>>130468172>What's the message?accept the invasion.
>>130469563the next album in 2039 will make fun of antivaxxers and covid denialists
>>130469530Reading it right now & this sounds pretty accurate
>>130468172We want money $$$$.Sellout record.
>>130468172THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT
Probably their most We Live in a Society work yet
>>130468198HEE HEE
>>130469563I don't even care if it's mainstream or innovative or groundbreaking or whatever to shit on Christians and conservatives, antagonizing these people is always the objectively right thing to do no matter what. I don't do it because it's cool, because it's trendy, because it's counterculture. I do it because at their core they are deeply misanthropic and pose an existential threat to the welfare of humanity. They fully deserve to be mocked, ostracized and ultimately disregarded. I don't care if it's lame to do so.
>>130468172We are in hell. But what will the future bring?[spoiler]It's more hell.[/spoiler]
>>130468304what about it is "shitting on christians and conservatives"also do you even like the music or do you just like the album's themes
>>130468172>What's the message?Does it need to have one or what?
>>130477886Based. /pol/faggots on here BTFO
>>130468172Who cares it's mid af where it matters. BOC fans are the tool fans of electronic music, maybe even worse
>>130478874Based. Tool rules.
>>130477886>welfare of humanitybanking system you mean
>>130468479THIS WILL ALWAYS COME TO BE
>>130477886This is the sort of bravery we need here to return to pre-2016 election year /mu/. BOC and this new album may get us back.
>>130479051but will it also help indians get back too with all the effort put on including hindu tunes in the album?
>>130478781people hear what they want to hear lola lefty atheist just told me this album was embracing western monotheism and pro life ideologyidiot /pol/ brains never change
>>130479388That person is not very smart. BoC relentlessly dismantles religiosity and safety in faith
>>130477886Very reductive, dishonest, harmful ideas in this post
>>130479478Cry about it conservacuck
>>130479419you hear what you want to hear
>>130479687Places like Greece or Spain are very religious & some of the happiest places on earth - whereas east Germany is very irreligious and one of the more racist and homophobic countries. China is atheist by law and has one of the most restrictive governments in Europe.You are choosing to be ignorant if you don't acknowledge this idiosyncrasies
Anybody know what the chanting on Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan is?
>>130469492>>130469503>>130469524>>130469537>>130469555that is super autistic but i love your interpretation
>>130477886I forgot how gay this board's politics is because Fantano is your daddy and you parrot his views. Absolute faggotry.
>>130479419BoC does ridicule religious fanatism and warn about the dangers of following false prophets, that much we know for certain. I think whether they "shit on" religion and faith as a whole is not clear and open to interpretation. Imo religious, mystic and occultic themes are so often used by BoC that they are essential to their musical aesthetic. The brothers clearly have an interest in faith based ideas and it's ridiculous to say they totally "shit" on them, even if they're atheists.
>>130469530What a pretentious fag, awful stream of consciousness zoomer-brainrot gibberish
>>130477886Why do dudes like this always conveniently skip over islam
>>130481184>skip over anything that's not christianityftfy
>>130481184why do you christcucks always deflect to islam right away? I'm opposed to all of the abrahamic religions including islam but why the fuck would I or anyone else fixate on Islam particularly when Christianity is by far the single most popular and influential religion in the world, and by far the world's biggest problem?
>>130481184Because Saudis are not trying to bribe use SIPAC to integrate their army with the USA by act of congress like Christcucks are currently doing with trying to integrate the US army with Israeli army because some guy made up a rapture hoax in the 1830s
>>130480712nobody gives a fuck about fantano. we hate you because you suck. you're a bunch of ideologically malignant fucks who would absolutely end all life on earth given any modicum of control and need to be purged from society as swiftly and thoroughly as possible. this is a sentiment that precedes the existence of anthony fantano's youtube channel and will outlive him by a thousand years. get raped and kill yourself.
>>130482906Its literally on its last legs as a religion of any serious influence while islams is kind of the opposite if were thinking long term, but i get it anon your dad made you go to Sunday school or something to instead of playing video games
>>130483024>Christianity is the most popular religion in the world, with approximately 2.4 billion followers, making up nearly 30% of the global population.pwease don't say mean things about my tiny widdle fringe group of merely a third of the fucking world. we're just a tightknit group of a couple billion outsiders people seem to really hate for no particular reason whatsoever >_<
>>130483108Most polar =\= Major influence especially since the parts of the world that actually matter its constantly dwindling. Like youre getting the world you want anon like what more do you need, youre not going to get to genocide christians (mostly africans at this point probably woildnt be good optica bro)
>>130483154your religion isn't immune to criticism. even if its influence were truly "dwindling," which it objectively isn't, that's not a reason to stop opposing it. if anything it's a reason to accelerate its decline.>b-b-but what about the muslims when that religious actually does gain any real global cultural influence, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. in the meantime, i'm not shutting the fuck up about how much I hate christianity even if you do find it annoying or wish I'd switch to buddhists or whatever. I hate you please die.
>>130482934Those are mainly just the evangelicals (which i agree are a fucking cancer)
>>130468172>What's the message?god is real and the natural world is sacred humans are failable are will use religion as a tool for power
>>130485375I think Tool made a song about that, lol.
>>130485393yeah the themes aren't particularly new or deep but I do appreciate how they're presented right in two is a pretty good song but father and son is fucking phenomenaldo you really thing your father or mother or brother or sister would be your en-em-y?
>>130480576Agreed, the essay is a banger. While some sections are polemical, the core meditation on deep time and cosmic loneliness hit me like a ton of bricks.
well it's ok, but not that great. best track is tape 05/deep time, the rest is mehRhian Sheehan's new album is a lot more mindblowing, for one
Tomorrow’s Harvest and Inferno> their other albumsInferno is aoty
>>130488882Where the AOTY is decided now? Is it grammys or some other global event?
>>130477886... said the man screeching in his deathbed, just before realizing death is real and what he's done only carries forward with him, pupils dilating... Shame and fear increasing...
>>130488935Decided by me
