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Hare Krishna Haaareeeeeee KrishnaaaaaaaaaKrishna Krishna Hare Hare
Capricorn backing vocals identified>Just for once, come to me>I look for Thee night and dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avn4ZTxSuyo
>>130499111You're a Krishna Harry
>>130499111
>>130499117>just for once cum to mehoes mad
Listening for the first time rn. Started off pretty strong - later that fizzled, started getting a bit boring. Oh well, good background music nonetheless. BoC were always good in that regard. Campire Headphase is my fav album by them by the way, Inferno comes in 2nd or 3rd behind MHTRTC now...
Where the FUCK is Mike edition???
Just had my first listen. Easily their best and most engaging album. 9/10
>>130499303Do you reckon he has a walk-in closet just for his beanies?
why is everyone so crazy for naraka?its a good song, but not even top 10 on the album
>>130499303what if he got really fat since TH? What if an obese Mike was the guy that made Inferno
>>130499561That's how I feel about You Retreat in Time and Space, I more appreciate it from a thematic point than the actual music itself. Maybe that's cause TCH is my most played BoC album and it kind of just feels like an alright take on a TCH song. Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty and I love the first half, 2nd half is just retreading old ground. Again thematically that's cool, it's a deliberate escape into the comfort of the past before being snagged back to reality, but as a song it doesn't do a ton for me.
the avalanches just released a new single and you're still here discussing boring lofi hiphop beats
>>130499581>world pop slopokay dude
>>130499581>Pop slop garbage Yeah no thanks.
>>130499654>>130499702you could at least try to make your samefagging less obvious
>>130499581>ft. Jamie XX
>>130499581>boring lofi hiphop beatsyou could at least try to make your samefagging less obviousAlso purposefully corporate pop is much worse anyways
The second half of All Reason Departs seems potentially like a subtle nod to that Cheetah EP by Aphex Twin, particularly the track CHEEETAHT7b? At least I was reminded of that track instantly
>>130499756I definitely got Aphex vibes but it could be similar to a fair number of his tracks
i liked age of capricorn more when i thought the voice was saying marvellous and this will always come to be
I wish I discovered them in the early 00s instead of being late to the party. It's cool reading old interviews and articles from around the time of Geogaddi and how people recognized already back then what an influence they had on the music world
What if someone came up to you and offered you one (1) listen of Naraka on their mp3 player in exchange for fucking you in the ass in public in front of everyone? Balls touching and everything.
>>130499988I think you should take the deal anon.
>>130500168Will you take the deal with me?
Unless we get an interview this week I think it's a safe bet we're not getting any at all. TH dropped June 4th (a tuesday) and interviews a couple of days after that. It is now the week after Inferno dropped so...
>>130499581the avalanches have one good album dude
>>130500215>It is now the week after Inferno dropped so...It's only been 3 days
Pay attention to the live percussion during the first 45 seconds of Father and Son, it's so coolI would love a whole track like that
>>130499564
Is everyone ready to dab on the interviewfag when there's no interview this week?
>>130500574Age of Buttered CornFather Ate SonSomewhere Right Now in McDonaldsThe Burgers Become FleshDeep PanArena AmericanadaYou Ate Treats in Time and Space
>>130500765Proper Feast at 47377 McDs
>>130499581Avalanches are absolute shite now. And I say this as a huge fan of SILY. At least BoC have retained some of their integrity by refusing to whore themselves out to big commercial artists.>lofi hiphop beatsYou should write for the guardian with such dated references.
>>130499581I like the avalanches but this rollout has been iffy so far
>>130500741>>130500215Inferno is literally their most explicit album, what more needs to be said?
So what's the deal with the whole MBI prelude thingy people heard at the listening parties? It seems like it directly coincides with the bonus track on the flexidisk people received, or that it hints at the themes of a follow up EP or something. Am I thinking too deeply about it? The colder blue/green color palette seems like such an intentional contrast from the rest of the imagery on Inferno
>>130499313you are genuine swine. end your life asap
>page 6>only 38 repliesThis really is the last dance then, isn't it?
>>130501482are you calling him a liar?
>>130502506it has been special anon. Like this album probably will be, it was an amazing flourish for the board harkening back to better times, pretty cool we kept the threads going for over a month, setting its own huge fucking statement amongst the dreck that is the current music scene/this board. I'd say I'd be back for the avalanches but no seems to give a fuck this time lol. Maybe see you when the next /mucore/ band bring something else out after years and years.
>>130502554will the new dg have the same hype as inferno?
>>130502506It was fun while it lasted. And hey the album turned out great.I was here when OPN's Tranquilizer dropped last year and that was even more depressing, remembering that this board once got the video premier for an R+7 single, and then 10 years later there was just like 4 people here to talk about his new album.But this was fun. See you again in 25 years.
out of all the stuff on the album that last half of The Process got me in the feels the most. I to I think it is signifying a moment of clairty in life where you able to find a way transcend all the shit the world throws at you and compartmentalise that endless morass to fully prioritse the things that truly matter. those idle yet serene moments with family is what truly matters in life, that its what days are for. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get into that headspace bros
What is up my physical beings
>>130502554>>130502604It was a special run. The waiting and listening room generals for Inferno actually lasted over 6 weeks and there were more than 25 of them. All of them hit bump limit. It's quite obvious why Inferno generated so much hype. When you have a beloved band that is very private and mysterious, who haven't dropped an album for 13 years, and they start a cryptic promo campaign, yeah that's gonna generate a shit ton of hype.Honestly, next year, it will be 13 years since Aphex's last album, Syro. Just like Inferno, 13 years. I think if Aphex and Warp start some sort of cryptic promo campaign like they did for Inferno, the same thing will happen. Fingers crossed we get something from Aphex soon.
>>130502506>>130502554>>130502604>>130502738thank you for the company you beautiful bastards and remember: sometime in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so-called obscenity case. it would be wise to remember that the same people who'd stop you from listening to boards of canada may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. if you could be told of what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. defend your constitutionally protected rights. no one else will do it for you. thank you
>>130502738At least we've gotten a steady stream of Aphex Twin EPs over the years since then
>he thinks inferno threads are over after thisThis album is a permanent meme now. Not going anywhere
These have been good threads, though I’ve had to be careful not to allow my profound respect for everything everyone posts here impact my perception of the album before I listened to it myself. Such a negative place these days. Seemingly for no reason, either. The album is incredible. I was worried leading up to it, but I have been duly chastened.
>>130499313>best album>9/10Extremely telling that it's mainly only tourists circlejerking over this album. Fuck off and kill yourself
Modest Mouse new album drops on the 5th. Very /mu/core
>>130502921TH>Inferno>Geogaddi>Trans>TCH>Twoism>MHTRTCInferno and TH are interchangeable, but deal with it, faggot.
>>130502921to not be a tourist on this board currently it seems like you have to either a kpop fan, a poptimist faggot, a metal dork, or that beatles boyband schizo. You stay playing in the shitmine with your terrible opinions my man
>>130502949this has to be the worst ranking i've seen in all these threads by far. are you actually retarded?
>>130503000If you hate it that much, then clearly it’s based
>>130503025gotta admit u got me there
>>130499303where tf mike ORANGE edition
>>130503044Time to have gay bussy sexy
>>130502949>TH and inferno over geogaddiweak bait
>>130502506Can't be. Haven't even had much track by track analysis yet.
I think You Retreat in Time and Space is a reminder that happiness can come again after the death of a loved one, you can look upon the old times and smile, the pain retreats. But it's fragile.
>>130503188There's a strong theme of death and anger at death I think in this album. There's an arc with death, rebirth, and faith and trying to find meaning. In that is faith as a cope, anger at God, rage at having someone snatched from you, nihilism and then overcoming nihilism, grief, acceptance.I need a few more months to ruminate on my ideas. I don't think I'm phrasing them well, but that's the direction my thoughts are heading.
>>130503159dead serious
>>130503256then you are retarded
>>130503360Inferno > Geogaddi mate listen to them back to back Inferno hits so much harder.
best tracksyou retreat > age of capricorn/platonia/blood in the labyrinth > prophecy/americanada > father and son/magic land >naraka/word becomes fleshrest of the album ranges from good to great
>>130503527>naraka this lowbait
>>130503531its tied for 5th how is that lowthe > seperates ranks, if they are on the same section its a tie tf 5th out of 18th is great
>>130503087this should be the alternative cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLhayEzDesE
>>130503562It's beautiful....
You Retreat In Time And Space> Prophecy At 1420 Mhz> Arena Americanada> Naraka >The World Becomes Flesh> Father And Son> All Reason Departs> Into The Magic Land
>>130503606Based Prophecy enjoyer.
Love you Mike! Happy Birfday big dawg!
>>130503664>I am God, the ultimate resonanceProbably the most iconic line on the album after>I think that's wonderful
>>130503689>bottom rightYup that's a mid 50s Scottish man alright. Get him a deep fried Mars Bar, STAT.
>>130503689still would
>>130499083Just listened to the whole thing for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised.>fav trackprobably deep time or you retreat>least fav trackfather and son, the vocal samples kinda remind me of negativland
btw I thought my amp was dying when I got to deep time due to the crackling
>>130504318You'll probably come around on F+S
God damnit. Twoism CD is back in stock on bandcamp right after I ordered all the stuff I don't already have. Might have to pick it up on discogs cause i'm not paying intl shipping again. I'd buy it if they had the new nuclear family tee available but I think it's a bleep exclusive
why is everyone so crazy for dayvan cowboy?its a good song, but not even top 10 on the album
Uninspiring and super mid slop. It is as if someone asked AI to compose a new album for Boards of Canada and it just regurgitateted the most cliché BOC sounding slop you could imagine. Geogaddi and MHTRTC were so much better
>>130505833yeah an AI would really bring up fucking sitars, hare krishna chants, fucking arena americanada, and samples that hit the beat if you prompted it to make a cliche BOC album. you absolute gaping moron. >it it it sounds like heckin aimidwit take. well not event that actually
>>130502738>Aphex's last albumHe released an EP last year
holy fuck bros! Number 2 in the UK chart update behind McCartney. It'll probably go lower as other acts overtake it by streaming figures, but goes to show the power of buying physical albums. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/paul-mccartney-the-boys-of-dungeon-lane-number-1-album-update/
>>130505919Woaaaah le hecking sitars and hare krishna in my elevator musicSo deep!Are you a jeet?
>>130505966I didn't say it was deep, just that you are retarded if you think it sounds like a typical BoC album
>>130505977But it does, it's just a shitty bland version of a BoC album
>>130506048nuh uh. you must have cloth ears
>>130505953unc v uncbasically blur v oasis for zoomers, no cap
>on umpteenth relisten>get to Naraka>jeet chanting starts>"Well that's the good half of the song over" *skip*
>>130505833Using terms like “mid” and “slop” are also cliches and say nothing about the actual musical content. I also prefer Music and Geodaddi, but even those took time for me to fully appreciate. Guess I’m not dumb enough to make a snap judgment not even a week after the release.
>>130506798Honestly the issue isn’t with the chanting itself, it’s that it supplants that incredible main synth line to do nothing but repeat until the track just kind of peters out. I get that chanting isn’t really supposed to have “development” but the sample feels underutilised given the wild vocal processing elsewhere on the record.
>>130506798>>130506826filtered
+classic BOC DNA injected into a cyberpunk (solarpunk?) synthwave pastiche+hi fidelity production+great sample selection and vocal processing+cinematic sense of pacing, cohesion and atmosphere+surprising sense of lightness and humour for an album marketed as being serious and intense-Boc at their most thematically explicit - loses the abstraction and enigma of their earlier works in favour of accessibility-some sounds feel generic or underdeveloped-borders on being cheesy and heavy-handed at times
>>130506965hi fidelity production should be one of the cons desu
>>130507026Nah, I think an album like this needs to have maxed-out high resolution. It wouldn’t make sense for it to be this big, cinematic panorama if all the sounds were obscured by analog grain and tape warp. This might be the most meticulously layered BOC album yet - you wouldn’t be able to pick out so many different textures in the mix if you couldn’t hear them clearly.
>>130507026I think that lo-fi quality is kinda stale at this point. Vaporwave scraped that barrel too hard. This ain't the past any more, we're in the future, wondering why it isn't like the past.
>>130507158Go to bed Sean.
>>130507198Fuckin' 'ell it's noon 'ere I don't need to go to bed, mæt
I fucking love The Process so much
I put the new album on while working and didn't even notice it was playing until it finished. It's quite a feat for an album to have no moments that stop me in my tracks and make me pay attention.
>>130499083What are we all thinking of the bonus track?https://youtu.be/6dj0XDkPNMg
>>130502567Only if it’s good.
>>130507759 Really good. Haunting stuff. The voice in the original distorted tape says "Now with your first issue, you'll receive the exclusive flexi-hexidisc, a hexagon of sound. Six voices and music to guide your path. Subscribe today, discover the New Month's journey. Each issue brings insight into devotion and a unique exodus of voices and music to guide your path." which makes it sound like more might be coming yet
Listened to it after a day of hiatus and daily stuff.I understand now. Naraka is so perfect, and so well fit to the album. I got it's purpose and it's so accurate. Bros it's so good, it just comes up all of a sudden, literally shits in the middle of the process, drops a big one, and leaves the rest of the album stinking.It's beautiful.
>>130508008>please kiss my wife, i beg of you
>>130508008KEK
>>130507942This was also the sample used in the VHS tape, I didn't think the Hexi Disc would actually be real.This could be a far reach, but picrel was also in the VHS. The lit up ones are their previous LPs, the half lit up one is Inferno (complete, but not released) and the other two dark ones are future releases.
>>130507942>>130508098So does this mean more flexi discs? is this the first tease of what will become an EP eventually?
>>130508114I hope so much for Inferno to be actually a teaser foreplay for an actual BoC sounding albumthat has the hexagon.
Deep Time into All Reason Departs is hilarious, Deep Time is probably their most introspective song ever, and it perfectly transitions into All Reason Departs which has a robot ghost voice going "THE GREAT WAR MUST BE FOUGHT"Mike definitely had fun making this. He's embracing the horror slock side that they've only kind of toyed with in the past
>>130508165yes saar definately
>>130499083just picked this one up on Vinyl, absolutely worth it.
>>130508193Kill yourself today.
>>130508218at least I'm not you.
>>130499083They've had "high quality" production ever since Geogaddi which was the first time they had a real budget, their last truly "lofi" album was Music has the Right to Children
>>130508228Worse. You’re you.
>>130508238And MHTRTC is their worst album.>>130508165Weird how different people interpret the album. It all sounds deadly serious to me.
lol this album didn't even chart sksksksksksk
>Paul McCartney and BoC are top two in the UK charts1969 too strong.
>>130508241YES
>>130508008This unironically
>>130508322Here comes the sun in the sunshine
Father and son kills the mood lol
>>130508257>And MHTRTC is their worst album.tard
>>130508533More like it hypes the mood. Nothing like some good anti religion music.
The Word Becomes The Flesh reminds me of Super Metroid and I love it.
When I put on Naraka, I pull out my cocka.
The hare krishna chant on Naraka is really filtering me every time. It's the most fucked up artistic choice on this album. Naraka pulls you in hard, then you start grooving. You're feeling it, then those inverted bass hits come, and you're like oh shit this is getting dark. Suddenly, you're jorking it slow and steady, then the first phrase hits again with some added bits, and you're about to increase your goon, then it happens. Hare Krishna. You make a weird face and you keep trying to goon, but your penis is deflating. You keep grooving but it just feels forced. "This isn't what I wanted," you tell yourself. Then it's over.
>>130502604OPN's tranq album is amazing. I completely love it. I went to the concert he did in Brooklyn with the freaky visuals and what not.For some reason The Process track on Inferno makes me think I'm listening to OPN.
I really wish they had picked this as the album art for Campfire Headphase
Alright, The album arrangement seems wrong to me.The hexi track should have been in place of Father and Son and Father and Son the bonus track instead. Naraka should be a standalone single release apart from the album. It literally causes all this whole schism because it doesn't fit into anything.
This is the best Christian album ever. The Word Became Flesh made me realize the beauty of the miracle of life and the embryo.
>>130508949is that a casette?
Boards of Canada bo-ACK!
>>130507759>>130507942Also interesting is that it only says music70 on there, not Warp. Maybe a more experimental album will be released just on their own label - maybe even as Hell Interface or something. And/or maybe with samples that Warp doesn’t want to clear.
>>130509060I agree, the focus on science made me realize how wrong Christianity is.
>>130508603>>130509060Funny how both sides can be so wrong and yet so right at the same time. I don’t think the album has any explicit commentary on religion at all, but listeners love to project onto what are essentially ambiguous aesthetic themes and iconographic motifs that can’t be reduced to religion=good/bad.
>>130509139The cult guy talking about how he loves an imaginary being more than his own flesh and blood is a pretty good reason to believe the album is highlighting how goofy religion is.
thread, the music, the fanbase it's full of zoomers realizing what they should've realized when they were children at this point.
>>130509195we're in our 30s
>>130509210...and jeets
>>130509195>christcuck can't help but vaguepost because he'll get laughed off if he schizos out too hard
>>130507759>samples a McDonald’s training video from 1972>label claims to be recorded in 1983>copyright attributed not to BOC or Warp, but to “MBI”>MBI is either a reference to the Moody Bible Institute or the “Mass Behavioural Initiative” (a name heard in the opening audio of the Inferno listening sessions) whatever this thing is, it’s certainly a puzzle. The “ARG” for Inferno (if you can even call it that) was incredibly lacklustre compared to the one for TH, so it would be good if there were further strange rabbit holes to explore.
>>130509222>christcuck!Look who cares again.
>>130507759Hauntologymaxxing I see
>>130509153Except the father is literally asking the son to bring the bible home with him. It’s not a total renunciation of religion, only its dogmatic and self-destructive tendencies. Let me ask you this- do you think the chanting vocals on Nakara are poking fun at new-age spirituality, or do you think (given its relatively unaltered processing compared to F&S) is treated with a level of respect and dignity?
I wonder if Mike made so much money from this that somehow it means he'll buy cool music stuff and make more albums faster
>>130509076Check again fag. #1 for 2026.
>>130509262I definitely think it is related to something that is coming, I don't think this is a one off thing
>>130509347Anon, it was a response to that post
>>130509316The chants are there because they sound cool which is an implicit level of respect, what they truly mean in the abstract doesn't really matter.Christniggery doesn't really get any respect in the album because there's nothing cool to sample, the religion is a black hole of aesthetics and creativity. You can hear a hindu chant and immediately associate it with the religion but what the hell are you gonna sample from christians? Especially the worst goylem american types.
>>130509316I feel like the idea is contrast destructive lunacy with neutral lunacy, Hindus being neutral. Notice how the monotheistic religions are the most fucked up and cause the most pain to normal people.
>>130509362>what they truly mean in the abstract doesn't really matter.Agreed, but that applies to their supposed critiques of Christianity as well. It’s nowhere near as explicit as you’re making it out to be, I think you’re projecting personal biases into your listening experience more than you realise.>Christniggery doesn't really get any respect in the album because there's nothing cool to sampleAge of Capricorn says otherwise. Even if it is critiquing something about Christianity (a claim I wouldn’t make so definitively), it still sounds “cool”.
>>130509362>the religion is a black hole of aesthetics and creativityYou're past beyond the point of retardness right now.
>>130509371You make a good point, I think it also aplies to the machine god we hear on Prophecy. I’m still not entirely convinced tho, it’s clear that boc’s interest in religion and spirituality goes beyond simple good/bad judgements, there’s a level of engagement with the subject matter that can only come from a place of deep respect and contemplation of these traditions. It’s not just Dawkins-tier cringe tirades against spaghetti monsters
>>130509371It's people who don't behave.
SECRET TRACK DISCOVEREDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPcwNo6pms
>>130509525This is what they would sound like without all the interesting textures. Goes to show how great they are at audio design
>>130509525Absolute fucking dogshit. Is this meant to be a tribute? If I were Boc I would be offended and convinced Deadmau5 is taking the piss
TCH needs more love
>>130509153That interview is in a documentary about The Children of God, a pedo Christian sect from the 60's that doesn't represent Christianity as a whole. The message is obviously that religion can be appropriated by individuals and developed into dangerous cults and sects.
>>130509608Notably the most mentally ill religions with narcissistic gods. They are very good at scaring people into doing demented shit.
>>130509608a system that enables abuse is an inherently abusive system, it does represent christianity very well
>>130509586that song is a classic, fuck off newfag
>>130509644That can be said about any belief system, it's an empty critique that means nothing. Any system can enable abuse if it is misappropriated enough. The danger lies in the fundamentalism o following flawed cult leaders like they're infallible authorities for God's word. It's not difficult that understand.
>>130509865Go to bed Joel (((Zimmerman))), no one is going to mistake your bland impersonation for our true Scottish kings
>>130509525Deadmau5 is ass but he was posting reels about being soo hyped about new BoC but did he even react to it?
>>130509990It means everything actually, it means mythological belief systems are inherently corrupt mafias because the structure itself promotes corruption. In the US there are entire states ran by christian mafias.You can try to dodge and dilute but it'll always be a fact.
>>130509153both people in the interview are religiousthe contrast is between someone falling victim to a cult that was weaponizing religion to harm people and the other a "regular" religious person who is trying to save their son from a cultthe contrast isnt showing all religion is goofy, but that religion is a dangerous tool used to control and harm peopleyou see it in age of capricorn too, where religion is reinterpreted to such as degree people made up conspiracy theories about politicians being an "antichrist"anyone who is old enough to remember facebook c. the 2000s can probably remember all the "obama is the antichrist" boomer edits, which came from hoguewho tried to suggest the "antichrist" from nostradamus mabus prediction was either obama or osama
>>130510180Religion is gay, yes.
>>130510115You're going to grow out of your nihilist phase one day.
>>130508008BASED AF
>>130510197everything is gay anon
>>130510217See how little the cultist cares about actually saying something against other cultists past the most superficial level, to him the priority is promoting the cult mentality no matter what.
>>130510285Hi Trent
Wtf did they mean by this bros? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TkcMMzSg0
>>130510335Hey anon, I'm not
>>130510490 Me?
>>130510490dont lie about being gay anon
>>130510337Didn't they post this back in 2020 or something? Their timelines are weird. It's rare they post anything at all so when they do you feel it must be intentional.Inferno sounds like Hell Interface. Very 80s in tone and tempo. I wonder if they originally wanted to release it under that moniker or simply conjure the HI ethos. Given the fact there will never be a new BoC interview, I guess we'll never know.
Word Becomes Flesh reminds me an awful lot of Telephasic Workshop desu
I did not care for Twoism.
>>130510335>>130510490>>130510510Almost
THe Word Becomes Flesh might be my least fav track here. I just cant get into the vocal sample
>>130510294Yeah because 4chan, especially /mu/, is the perfect place for high tier reason vs. faith debates against edgy zoomers who barely have lived life outside of school and the internet. Atheism doesn't exist. Everyone worships something. If you don't think you adhere to a "system" you do and just don't know it yet.
>>130511041>his cretinous cult is critiqued>well guess what YOU'RE THE CULTIST HERE!lel, the most ironic part is that you can only seem to strawman others by saying they must be as cultlike and irrational as you, you yourself are framing it as a bad thing but your cult must be the right one
>>130509038>Naraka should be a standalone single release apart from the album. It literally causes all this whole schism because it doesn't fit into anything.I almost wonder if it's a hero's journey type thing. Descended into hell and whatnot.
Made the backrooms pilgrimage, word becomes flesh is so groovy and I even had the whole theater to myself for a mini listening party>>130510833Both that and father and son are obvious callbacks to telephasic workshop
If its good then that means they agree with whatever my political and religious views are
>>130511235It's good to know you hate religions.
>>130511319Religions are cancer. Fuck you. I hope you fie of cancer. You deserve it!
I like the album.
>>130511409Kys no you don't we're all just pretending.
>>130511342Why are you yelling at me? I agree with you.
What movies does this album remind you of
>>130512051Juno
https://youtu.be/nv_aV2-bH5s
>>130500765Food in the Labyrinth
Boc shouldve sampled thishttps://youtu.be/YkIJ-xvF47k?si=MVm6_pSruBCjUs2a
What do you think is the meaning behind the “James Barker” ship horn motif in “You retreat in time and space”?https://youtube.com/shorts/yd3hWTbE1GQ?si=4yyw7gRGzyO79MsYI have a feeling it’s a reference to this. In that sense, if I’m right, it could symbolise departure. But the way it intrudes so obviously and so disjointedly into the beautiful developing themes of the track is also so out of the norm as to require analysis. You don’t put a ship horn in the middle of that sort of thoughtful reverie for no reason. The feeling it gives me is the way that dwelling on the past can be a comforting, though sad feeling, but life happens to us regardless and there’s always going to be that awful phone call from a loved one, “so and so has cancer” or “grandma fell down today, you need to fly home immediately”. It bursts into our reflections with a brutal and rude sort of insistence in the same way that the horn motif suddenly shatters the track.
>>130511409The album promotes cuddling/murdering kittens, depending on your philosophical persuasions
>>130499083Just added this thread title and all variations to my filter. See ya.
>>130512398No, you didn't.
>>130512369There is literally nothing reminiscent of a ship horn in this track. I think your just making shit up now
>>130511124descending to hell is originally an ancient greek thing
>>1305124383:42 to 3:47 has a descending fourth that is in my opinion pretty clearly a horn, if not THE famous horn of the Great Lakes vessel Barker. Look it up, see if you agree.
>>130512438Every copy of Inferno is personalised
The next thread better be Mike edition stop playing games
>>130512567>next threadAnon...
>>130512514Sounds like a growling synth to me, never thought of it as a horn. Must be a british thing.
>>130512574There's been BOC threads on here for literally decades, there will always be more BOC threads
I’m sucking a cock irl
just about finished it right now, idk, seems overall too much on the bleep bloop side, for me BOC peaks on more melodic/sampling-sided tunes, still decent, I'll need to listen to it again a few times
>>130512602How is the smell? The taste?
>>130512608>bleep bloopwhat does this even mean
>>130512579I thought so too but I was reminded of these Great Lakes freighters à la Edmund Fitzgerald. The horn is extremely similar to the sound on the track imo. The only catch is I think that the James Baker has a descending 5th and the track uses a fourth. Not that it couldn’t easily be pitched to suit the needs of the brothers.
>>130512620kinda more Aphex Twin-like vs songs like Telepath/Sundown, I like less rhythm more melody
>>130512609It smells like salty piss and tastes like rancid oatmeal
>>130512646i take you you really like tomorrows harvest then yeah?
>>130512651it's up there yes
>>130512650Praying for you Anon
>>130512651Different guy but I NEED both to work together. The absolute peak, the pinnacle, the unutterable perfect moment in all of Boards of Canada is to me the combination of Olson and Pete Standing alone. Neither track on its own has anywhere close to the combined impact. One is beat-less, with coronae of warm sounds flaring up and breaking off of it all the time. The other is very beat-driven, and the break toward the end is ecstatic.
>>130512684It's funny because I feel like this is what Geogaddi does the least well out of all of the albums. Love Geogaddi but it loses a few points for me because quite literally every single song is bookmarked on both ends by a 20 to 90 second long interlude that feels equivalent to "pausing" the music. Obviously there's still stuff playing but most of those interludes are so short that they just immediately stop the vibe and switch it kind of jarringly. The songs are great though
>>130512741Honestly the only track on Geo that I get tired of is “Rue the Whirl”. Interludes like “Smallest Weird Number” grabbed my attention so strongly when I was exposed to BoC as a young person that I think they’re the reason I got into the rest of the album in the first place.
>>130512772RTW on MHTRTC friend, its funny I love a lot of the interludes on Geogaddi I just think the pacing is really off. TH and Inferno have great pacing. and MHTRTC is lighter on the interludes anyway
As tℎe embryo grows
I'm living inside this album now
>>130513308>you will never fuck the female voice
>>130499289look at this fucing casual
>>130509608While that is true, there are offshoots of the “Jesus people” movement that are still very prominent today, the Calvary chapel & Seven Mountain Mandate come to mind.
>>130513308Krishnas Hare'd a Jeet
This is one of my favorite albums of all time honestly just from how addicted I've been to it since release. Listening to You Retreat rn and man it never gets old. I can live here forever.
>>130499083Hit this for the first time last night, I'll def need some more listens to get some perspective cuz all BoC albums got better with time for me.Sound design is still top notch, the particular way these guys can do the lo-fi tape sound thing is just unmatched, always has been.I did get a big tired of the tribal drum thing about 3/4 through, seemed like all the big tracks had that vibe. Every time there were some sweet secret layers though that felt amazing but they kept em subtle and sparing.I'm really curious what these guys could do if they just made an ambient record, feel like it would be incredible.I feel like the record's gonna grow on me with the next few listens. Stoked for more BoC either way
I Love you Mike & Marcus. New album is a sick one.
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>>130513354No autists IDd the sample yet?
>>130514034you never thought to check genius, or any other website that has lyrics?
>>130514034https://youtu.be/sY_GYK9YZs4?t=432
>>130513843Don't do this to my husband...
>>130514079Baka. I'm not the anon who wanted to fuck the voice. I was merely suggesting an avenue of research for said anon.
>>130514323uhuh uhuh>doesnt really care and just stroking my shi
>>130514341all have sinned
>>130514427as we should
>>130502650Right? I feel like there's a release of sorts when the piano hits mixed in with that compressed audio until it just fades away. Truly beautiful stuff
>>130513697You should really only be thanking Mike, it’s his first solo album after all
Uh-oh, 6/10 from Cumthony Fartano... Brother sisters? Our response?
>>130515527>>130515537
>>1305155276? SIX?! aaaAaAAAAARGH FAGTANO! You've gone too FAR this time you bald FUCKalso>filtered by Father and Son
Pretty good though uneven album. I'd give it a low 7. Lots of moments on the album that reminded me of tracks from Shin Megami Tensei IV, GoldenEye for the N64, or the Midgar portion of Final Fantasy VII (song example: Somewhere Right Now in the Future, Blood in the Labyrinth, All Reason Departs). I think the worst moments tended to be the plunderphonic and hauntology-influenced songs which had snippets of people speaking (Father and Son). Sometimes this worked, like with The Word Becomes Flesh, which felt like it would play during a Toonami / Adult Swim bumper. Similarly, the more peaceful, traditional ambient songs didn't quite work for me (Deep Time). At over 1 hour, it is quite long, and I think BoC should have done a better job of shortening it and editing out the fodder.
>>130515665I'm not biting
>>130515663This but unironically
6 is too low, I'd give it 7 - 7.5.Four tracks that did absolutely nothing for me and I wish would be cut or replaced.>Somewhere Right Now In the Future35rtt ass formless guitar strumming time waster.>Into The Magic Land>Blood In The LabyrinthTCH but even gayer.>I Saw Through PlatoniaStinker of a finisher.The rest is decent to pretty good.
>>130515745SRNITF didn't do much for me either and I agree that Platonia should not have been the last track on the album. HOWEVER Magic Land and Labyrinth are two of the strongest tracks I URGE you to reconsider
>>130515758>I URGE you to reconsiderI've tried, just can't jam with them, sorry. Magic Land sounds like Twin Peaks inspired royalty free music for Youtube travel blogs. Blood has that fucking sitar otherwise it's feels like a TCH b-side.I wish there were more tracks like All Reason Departs that sound more like FSOL/Orb.
>>130515537I 100% agree with Fantano in that the vocal samples get a bit too much after a while. I feel this was a lot subtler in MHTRTC
There weren't enough vocal samples. I fucking mean that
>>130515895I want a whole album that expands on them
>>130508008I agree. It's literally a zoomer filter.
>>130516044zoomers are the only ones praising this shit
Listening to it for the first time.It's good so far.
>>130516101>not properly tagged>dogshit android ui
Everyone seems to love Father and Son but it reminds me of those corny Youtube remixes>look I edited a funny Conan Obrien interview into a techno song!But when BoC does it its good because its depressing o algo
>>130516269Fuck off shartyfag
>>130516269>those corny Youtube remixesPost one as good as Father and Son.
>>130516274Not an argument>>130516287My point is they are bad
But since you asked, here's a good onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFu6BGIfllY
>>130516296>>130516306So you can't, okay.
OPN does vocal samples better these days but his music might be too challenging for the average BoC fanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn_AXzrymSs
>>130516232>disrupting files for eyecandyfirst, this is the default release from bleep.Second you are a fucking zoomer disgusting piece of shit and a huge disgrace to humanity
>>130516101 Naraka?!?
>>130516354Stole my words.
>ordered the red vinyl deluxe edition on the 22nd of April (the day pre-orders were available)>shipment dispatched on 23rd of May>only get it just now on the 3rd of JuneWhere is this fucking shit getting send from? I thought these guys were European
>>130516668I think it was distributed from a place in MichiganMine was waiting for me on my doorstep when I got home on sunday
>>130506965>+hi fidelity productiongeogaddi sounds infinitely more hi-def, so it boils down to artistic choices. there is no cohesion here. maybe a shitty sound would have blended the elements together (doubt it)
>>130515852it was a shit record, 100% uninspired and forgettable on first listen.i gave it second chances and enjoyed some tracks a bit more, but first impression says it all.
>>130515527This guy gave nigger music a higher rating so his opinion is irrelevant
this nigga gave a lil pump album a higher score than inferno lmao
>>130516827He gave bootleg MC Ride doing the exact same flow over 25 songs a higher score than Inferno.
>>130516813His core audience is zoomers that love hiphop, their related beefs, and the streetwear seen in their music videos, etc
>>130513430You Retreat feels like they've combined all the best BoC-like ingredients into one track. It's amazing and such a good closer.
>Ynr this album
>>130516232Bro...
I genuinely can't fathom hating Father and SonYes it's a bit youtube poopy, but so what?
>>130518095Nah, no hate, it just out of the context. It's funny, and fun yes. But really sounds like ytp. The real culprit is the naraka I believe.
>>130516704>geogaddi sounds infinitely more hi-defI love Geodaddi, probably my favourite BOC record, but nah. Inferno has a level of modern post-production polish that early BOC could only dream of. And that’s totally okay and expected. Maybe you personally prefer the more glitchy, enigmatic or obscure production style on Geodaddi, and it definitely serves the tone of the record very well. But the mix just doesn’t have the clarity and depth to it that Inferno does.
>>130518095People are such tasteless plebs that they hear YouTube poops rather than The Books-style vocal chopping. You can call it derivative or uninspired, but if you first impulse is to compare it to lolsorandum early internet brainrot it says more about you than it does BOC
>>130518095well you're onto something with the youtube poopery, but the tune underneath is also basically repetitive Twoism-era BOCshit by numbers.
>>130518218listen to the live drums during those first 45 seconds of the song, its shit like that you don't get from just anybody and absolutely elevated beyond twoism bocshit.
>>130518323i don't give give a fuck if buddy rich is live drumming the drone intro. the actual tune and melody are boring and lazy.
>>130514822I hate saying this but seems like Eoin is holding Mike back looking at this, he literally contributed to every single of the more mediocre tracks on the album, while Mike soloed all the highlights. >into the magic land - Marcus>blood in the labyrinth - Marcus>deep time - Mike>all reason departs - Marcus>arena americanada - Marcusthat's a brutal stretch, the one solo Mike track absolutely ethers the others
>>130518095Boards of Canada - Father and Son (Early Demo Version Leak)https://youtu.be/N6LGtSspvOU?si=32h3WhY9PZBgjRZ7
>>130518500genuinely not funny
>>130518551lol
>>130518500Never in a billion years would I have guessed what this would have been even as a cumboy, but this existing makes perfect sense even 5 years after it all ended
>>130518551funny
>>130518500PEAK
It's still so good
All the songs on the album have half a million listens and this shit just came out.
>>130518709Gee I wonder why
>>130518709All me btw
>>130518709Addictive album innit.
>>130516331Miss me with that faggot ever since he started making that gay pop shit
Part of me thinks Fantano's score has some politicking going on. He knew this album was already blowing up, and it's tracking to be their most listened to album of all time. If he rated it like a fucking 9 or something, it would actually hurt the popularity of the album because then it would be seen as overrated BECAUSE he likes it. I'm realizing that Fantano is a lot smarter than he's given credit for. He knows his influence is impactful enough to change the mythos of this band. His scoring preserves his integrity as a reviewer while also preserving Inferno's legacy as their most impactful album to date. Though it may seem counterintuitive to the average person, Fantano has simultaneously gatekept BoC and boosted their profile.Bravo, bald man.
>>130519025He's just an incurious bald dork anon.
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>>130515527i never watched that guy, then i watched his youtube clip of listening to inferno and it was very cringe to see him picking random songs instead of the album continuously. now i feel good for never wasting time checking up that guy before. good for him for knowing what he doesn't like i guess. i really enjoy this album, if someone knows any other album with such great sound design that let's me feel like i'm in a trip please recommend, i'm a music nerd and this has been the most spectacular one by far in that regard
