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This infomercial has run its course, OP.
the honeymoon phase is over, how do you feel about the album now that it has settled in?>Best>Worst>Overrated>Underrated
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Oh yeah there was this album of my favorite band I paid for and forgot about after listening for a few times
>>130570116good ripperino
>>130570116>>130570152I do wonder if removing the crackle is somehow losing the point a bit, on this track specifically.
>>130570093>>130569845>BÖC InfernoJust marathoned this.Don't really know what to say.You'd think that after so many good fire-focused tracks, "Inferno" would fit right in.Strangest thing they've released since Club Ninja.Not a fan, but have the feeling it might grow on me.
>>130570093Modern era BoC feels at its most inspired when they're making their very direct banger type of tracks or ambient ones, and it feels the most uninspired when its trying to do the cinematic downtempo stuff but in a more musical and less rhythmic way. Deep Time is amazing, so is Memory Death, The Process is beautiful too, and Platonia while it feels like a weird closer is a cool track in its own right. But tracks like HHLL, Into the Magic Land, Blood in the Labyrinth, Americanada just aren't particularly interesting to listen to, there's no rhythmic pulse to lock into, there's no hypnotic groove, the tracks just come and go. Labyrinth is saved by its vocal sample, which is to be fair fantastic but then after that it just goes back to the same noodling for 2 more minutes. When you have these polished arrangements and a cinematic sound you expect some progression out of the songs and when it happens its amazing (Propechy, Capricorn, Father and Son, Naraka, Flesh, Time and Space) but when it doesn't go anywhere it just does not hit the same way their older stuff did. They need to abandon their cinematic approach to downtempo tracks because it was boring on TH and it's boring on Inferno, thankfully most tracks on Inferno are not doing the cinematic thing.It's a 9 out of 10 for me, the great tracks are just that good, they elevate the whole thing. Way better than Tomorrow's Harvest, much more varied and interesting to listen to.
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Don't really like it, all the religion stuff is just too much for me. I just cannot imagine any possible constellation of irony, sincerity and cheekiness that would make me seriously want to listen to a tune with a vocoded "I am god the ultimate resonance", hare krishna, I love the lord more than any physical being, etc.. etc.. ever again. I'm willing to grant they're sincerely engaging with some kind of concept according to their own sensibilities but then it's just clear their sensibilities don't speak to me on any level I would find valuable musically or intellectually. It kinda feels like talking with someone who's really into astrology, even while they acknowledge it's bullshit and they just do it for shits and giggles still you know a person like that is gonna be kinda daft deep down.Blood in the labyrinth is good tho, way the si/guitar starts and then after one measure the beat comes in is kino. Maybe I'll make a little EP playlist with the vocal tracks removed.
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>>130570447>marathoneddude you listened to one normal-length album lmao
>>130571946It's a /tv/ to say you "marathoned" a movie and now anon is applying it to music
>>130570093It’s grown on me a lot. I think the marketing before release lead everyone to believe we were getting Geodaddi 2.0, (something abstract, dark and experimental) so it’s no surprise quite a few people panned it on launch for being one of BOC’s most thematically explicit and accessible albums.Now that I’ve had time to live with it, I think these are selling points rather than criticisms of the record. Yes it presents itself as dark, but there’s a lightness and a sense of humour to it that wasn’t apparent to me on first listen. It’s dark in a kitsch, campy way like nightrider; if it took itself too seriously (a la Geodaddi), it wouldn’t be as enjoyable imo. The lads are having fun for once, I think they’ve earned it
>>130571843I wasnt expecting to get an embryology review from BOC
>>130571787Say what you will about the other tracks, but if you’re able to set aside the religious subject matter I think that>I love you but I love the Lord>more than any physical beingmight be hook of the year for me. Arguably the catchiest vocal part to a BOC song ever
>>130570116unironically better than some of the tracks that actually made iton the album. The McDonald’s training video sample is utilised brilliantly
>>130572238but it wouldn't have fit in on the album, I'm hoping its part of some upcoming EP
>>130572670We can only hope. I don’t want to lean into the hints about “monthly” hexa-flexis bucause knowing boc that kind of timeframe is absurd. Hopefully it just means smaller, more frequent releases through music70, but who knows?
>>130572909>knowing boc that kind of timeframe is absurdit's only absurd if you assume all the work isn't already done and is being done on the fly. But could be that the entire EP is already finished. either way we'll find out very soon if this monthly theory has any merit or not, I doubt it simply because it's too good to be true, we just got another album so getting more so fast seems unlikely
>>130573089why are they always wearing toques?
>>130573129its cold in scotland, plus they look rather fetching in them
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>>130573222Trips confirm Mike can psychic powers
>>130573222the real reason he's not on the album
how am i just hearing thishttps://soundcloud.com/flamingopudding/geogacca
>>130573357>Mike and Marcus invite you to a late night dip, how do you respond?
>>130572020kek ok thanks
>>130570093it's calculated, forced, surface level normie stuff that pretends to be deep and mysterious. always has been i guess, but at least in the past they managed to make it musically effective. now it feels a bit cringe like watching the little guy behind the curtain
i'm still listening to the whole album multiple times a day
>>130570093It's still 2nd place behind Geogaddi
>>130572081I think that's wonderful
>>130570093>bestnaraka>worstage of capricorn>overratedfather and son>underratedthe word becomes flesh
>>130571787prophecy is a sincere and very straightforward statement about the divinity of consciousness itself (and of nothing else)if that doesn't resonate with you at your very core we are different people
Marcus is dead btw
>>130574224No he isn't
>>130574224no i'm not
>>130570093>BestBlood In The Labyrinth or Age of Capricorn>WorstThe first half of The Process, or the second half of All Reason Departs>OverratedNaraka, but only slightly>UnderratedBlood In The Labyrinth & Into The Magic Land
>>130574224No, you're not.
>>130574236hi marcus ily
>>130574232yes he is. he's barely credited, obviously a lot of tracks were done without him. "You retreat in time and space" is cleaely a musical eulogy by Mike>>130574236yes you are. you're barely credited, obviously a lot of tracks were done without you. "You retreat in time and space" is clearly a musical eulogy by Mike
It's actually Mike who is dead, Marcus made the album and credited it to him to keep people from finding out. He did give himself 10% of the credit to buy more CRTs though.
>>130574271They've never done all songs together, geogaddi and TH era interviews specifically mentioned "tracks we've done together" and "tracks made individually", they've just always shared the credits on every track despite it being inaccurate, these credits are more accurate but the implication was always there it was mostly Mike doing everything
they're both dead, this album is autechre doing their best to polish old demos and WIPs for releasewhich is why the album sounds like BoC doing a bad BoC impression with no subtlety, and also why it bangs
>>130574293nice headcanon
Marcus is dead, but there will be live shows in Autumn this year. Marcus has been replaced by Thomas Bangalter
>>130574316It was literally stated flat out in interviews, their credits have always just been vague as well and implied they both did everything even though they didn't, but by their own admission the work skewed mostly to Mike
>>130574224>despite knowing his full legal name record of his death was somehow never foundright..
>>130574365no interviews have ever stated this.
>>130574300Cool idea but autechre sucks
>>130574409weird of you to assume you know the actual full legal name of either of a pair of notoriously reclusive scottish dudes who shun fame and press
>>130574412>"Working together pushes us to make tough calls and finish the job. We become particularly ruthless about what we’re doing when the two of us are at it. As a result, I think the tracks we create together are the simplest and most stripped-back, whereas the ones we make separately tend to be more complex. It’s easier to keep adding elements to a track when you’re working on it alone."
>>130574422we do and we know their full birth dates, all public information, mikes birthday is just over 30 days awaythey never tried to hide their identities as individuals, they are just private about their personal lives, but we've always known who they are
>>130574520I'd be impressed at the length you went to try to fake evidence to support your headcanon, but in the age of AI it's not really anything special
>>130574540surely the famously reclusive and fame-shunning dudes living in the Scottish countryside are being truthful about the information they let the public have, surely
>>130574555its a real interview dipshit
>>130574567about their personal private lives? their family? hobbies? where they live? interests? nobut their names have literally always been public record and confirmed as real, as have their birthdaysdont be a contrarian retarded faggot for no reasonyou really think after 30+ years no one would have realized if they were using an alias? their names are real fag, its recorded legally even
>>130574609>grr no I definitely know real facts about these recluse i've never met who shun publicity grrlmfao
>>130574580>real interview>asking BoC what their favorite Stevie Wonder album ismm, yeah, no, I think you got trolled if someone convinced you that was real
>>130574666Songs in the Key of Life666
>>130574520Nigger I don't speak French and neither do you. That gobbledygook could mean anything.
>>130574666you do realize that was neil krug asking marcus that question right?that whole section is a back and forth of different individuals that wanted to ask marcus or mike a personal question, and most of it is meant to be a little fun or silly, the magazine literally says>Un exercice contre nature pour le duo autarcique qui a tout de même joué le jeu sans malor>An unnatural exercise for the insular duo, who nonetheless played along without difficulty
>>130574701>im too retarded to understand how to translate a foreign language, using either text or from an imagea small child can outsmart you at this level anon i feel bad for the obviously subpar education you received
>>130574555>>130574666Here's the whole interview from bocpages, schizo-kun.https://bocpages.org/wiki/Les_Champs_de_la_Machine
>>130574795thank you anon idk what their problem is
>>130574795i'm not interested in your little fansite, anon
>>130574609we didn't even know they were brothers until 2005 but sure we definitely know real facts about them! for absolute sure. yep
>>130574865
>>130574795>here look at this wiki nobody's ever heard ofauthoritative, truly
>>130574865>>130574907>>130574701>>130574666open the schools
I don't know if Marcus is necessarily dead but something is up. The credits seem to imply that he was barely involved in the album and they haven't done a single interview since the release, which is way out of character even for BoC, but would make sense if doing interviews would reveal some kind of internal split. Or that Marcus died. Who knows.
>>130575564you realize the brothers are in their mid-50s right? mike is gonna be 60 in 4 years.. they are old dudes, kids are finally grown, they dont gaf about interviews or press or fans. they make music for themselves and share it with the world theyve said it a million timesthey really just wanna make their art and live in peaceits like making up theories as to why enya doesnt tour, she just doesnt gaf and doesnt need to do that to be happy, let them be
>>130575621that doesn't actually explain the lack of interviews, because it's literally always been their ethos, and yet they've literally always done interviews in the wake of a new LP
>>130575657interviews since the early 00sTCH - 37TH - 9Inferno - 0clearly theyve been slowing down over the decades, TCH era they were in their 30s, TH in their 40s, and now theyre in their 50stheyre basically retired, again they dgaf now, its not weird to give interviews when youre 31 and to not care about giving more when youre 56
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So which brother do we think is more hung? My heart wants to say Mike but it's probably Marcus
>>130575564Obviously he didn't die. There are accessible public records that would show that. They're not socially isolated, the word would get out. Maybe his friends or family wouldn't post about it but they would tell someone who would. He could be unable to contribute due to illness or injury but what's with the jump to dying
>>130576697people are dead ass acting like Mike and Marcus are Satoshi or something, they aren't anonymous or off the grid they're just private people
Grooving tf out to the sunshine recorder cover on geogaccs wow
>>130573808Hot take, I like it
so we are all in agreement this was the best visual motif to go along with inferno yeah?
>>130576803Mike and Marcus aren't even their real names lol
>>130574196yeah that's kind of the problem with sincerity, a sincere expression from someone who is a little bit dumb is just gonna be dumb and annoying no matter how sincere(tho I highly doubt they meant it 100% at face value but whatever)
>>130574805might as well be AI it's really not worth it to take baits any more
I don't even think they're "notoriously reclusive" it's just a meme the press made upit's just some guys making electronic music there's many artists in my library that have much less public presence than them
Blue Oyster Cult rapes this millenial burger joint slop to deathChads that got pussy listened to Blue Oyster Cult Only millennial hipsters listen to this
>>130576697>>130575564>>130574324These posters got it right, unfortunately.I actually went to HS with Marcus' son here in NZ and I can confirm he's been gone for the better part of a year. Hence Inferno's mournful tone and its pervading feeling of closure for Boards of Canada.Everything else is helpless coping. Of course no statements will be released for a few years and Mike is still at work on a tape which will feature as a joint effort.I just figure it's better for the fans to know.
RIP ;__;
>>130578212there is literally nothing about prophecy that could be interpreted as anything other than sincerityif you disagree you simply don't understand the concepts in play
It's up! https://youtu.be/zSpoPDXOESQ
>>130580036nobody gives a fuck about your dumb YouTube channel and also you look like a faggot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jduXn4yeM8kITS ACTUALLY UP
I'm ready to publicly state that "Over The Horizon Radar" is better than "Olson" I didn't think it was possible, Olson was forever going to stay their strongest short track, but no. Over The Horizon Radar is actually better.
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>>130577762So what are they then? How do you know those aren't real names?
>>130580294I bet she's into some real kinky stuff. She looks the type. I could make her shiver.
>>130580294i love her so much
>>130580320Is that really that controversial? I prefer many of the MHTRTC and Geogaddi short tracks over Olson.
>>130580320olson is so overly glazed, its not bad or anything but its definitely not their best vignette
>>130580017I kinda doubt it but you're free to disagree>if you disagree you simply don't understand the concepts in playok mr. c-c-c-consciousness
>>130580350I'm not gonna tell the world shit they don't want people knowing, are you stupid?
>>130580075Guy who posted the link here. I agree. I just thought you'd like the video because he reminds me of you
>>130580510yeah if you think you really said something there it's proof positive you don't get itgo on about your life, maybe someday you'll get lucky and awaken, maybe you won't
>>130580512>my dad works at boards of canada and im the only who knows their real names and after 35 years none of you figured it out because they kept it so so secretif they dont want people knowing why even go onto the internet just to cocktease that you know what others dont, wouldnt that also be disrespectful to their privacy? or do you actually not give a fuck about respecting them and youre just using this as shitty bait to feel important
>>130580522you are quite proving my point with this "I am AWAKEN and you don't get it" anyway remember to get enough sleep
>>130580512I don't think you realize how many records in the UK are public and just how easy it is to verify this information, unless they simply changed their names legally as adults, but that would still mean their names are correct
>>130580530>why even go onto the internet just to cocktease that you know what others dontare you really asking, on 4chan, why someone would act provocatively on the internet?
>>130580599no, it was rhetorical, that was the lead up to me saying you dont actually care about them this is just shitty bait lmfao
>>130580560I remember some anon earlier this year managed to dig up information about one of the brothers having gone through a divorce i think in 2021
>>130580547I didn't say anything about myself. It's just clear that you don't get the message of the track, because you point to the moment where a vocal chop is used to highlight the word "consciousness" in a track whose essential message is "god is consciousness" and try to use it as evidence of insincerity, when it's actually the biggest "Hey look this is the point, the actual point, right the fuck here" moment of the vocal section.Those who have awakened to the nature of consciousness through luck or practice will immediately understand what this track is saying and perceive its sincerity. Those who haven't, won't. It is what it is.
>>130580634Marcus went through a divorcefrom life. he's dead
>>130580634Yeah the UK really tends to air out peoples laundry if you just look up legal proceedings and filings. Looking up their business filings ends up showing you who else is on all these proceedings, and all their personal information too which is a bit creepy IMHO. I think there's a certain level of digging you could expect with the status of celebrity but I'm assuming both the other people are significant others and I didn't necessarily need to know their full legal names and birthdays lmfao
>>130580678So dead that he's filed with his business twice in less than 6 months, the next filing is due sometime in August so if his name magically disappears or the business dissolves or transfers ownership then he would be dead, otherwise he's definitely alive according to all this paperwork he's been doing
>>130580707that's just Mike doing fraud bro
>>130580749It would actually be all 3 of them, excluding Marcus, committing fraud. The brothers have 1 co-owner each
BOC peak chart positions Scotland - 2 (Inferno)Australia - 3 (Inferno)UK - 3 (Inferno)Belgium - 4 (Inferno)Germany - 4 (Inferno)Finland - 5 (Inferno)New Zealand - 5 (Inferno)Netherlands - 6 (Inferno)Ireland - 7 (Inferno & Tomorrow's Harvest)Switzerland - 7 (Inferno)Norway - 9 (Tomorrow's Harvest)United States - 13 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Canada - 18 (Inferno)Denmark - 23 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Japan - 27 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Austria - 28 (Inferno)Sweden - 30 (Inferno)France - 35 (Inferno)Italy - 64 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Spain - 72 (Inferno)and with that Geogaddi is no longer the top charting album in France, the last country it was their peak in
>>130580665The message is in no way as explicit as you’re inferring it to be. Are we supposed to implicitly trust this machine-like God just because it transmitted its message on the hydrogen line? Could it not be exerting a level of influence on us, priming us for further indoctrination? We already know that boc are suspicious of messianic cults that exploit our need for cosmic truths. I think if you’re taking it literally then you’ve fallen for the psyop
>>130581073not the same anon but why does everyone get so hung up on "hydrogen line" and not the Wow! signal? if you center your analysis on that it takes on more of an alien/higher intelligence/power angle, which fits with the rollout motif of a space telescope reflecting or receiving a signal ala Tape 05 and the VHS rollout being timed to the Artemis mission
>>130580995oof. that's pretty grim
>>130581073you completely missed the point of the track, like absolutely whiffed on what it's saying and basically wrote a bunch of dumb fanfictionas I said, those who have been there get it instantly, those who haven't probably never will
>>130569869Apparently it hasn't.
>>130581073what in the absolute fuck are you babbling aboutthere is no "machine-like god"it's a track about awareness being aware of itself ("the ultimate resonance") and thus having divine powerI continue to be stunned at how so many stupid monkey people misinterpret this exceedingly simple track
>>130581239how so? this beats out virtually all of Aphex Twins peak positions, who's highest UK position was an 8, and Squarepusher doesn't even come close to any of these (his highest peak in any country for any record was a 55 in Scotland)
>>130579577my dad works at Nintendo and he can confirm
>>130581298>what in the absolute fuck are you babbling about>starts babbling about "divine power"lol lmao, you and the other anon actually think a song with the line "i am god, the ultimate resonance" is super duper serious
>>130581455I'm not reading through the entire argument but have you not watched Nasr's lecture?
>>130580017I don't know what's sincere about it but the music is not spontaneous. it's contrived. like they were overthinking, pasted together too many parts and cut all of them short. sounds like trying too hard.
>>130581455fools laugh but the wise understand, as has always been the case
>>130581402couldn't even top their own country, grimafx and squarepusher are nobodies, only total nerds are even aware of them especially for squarepusher, beating their charts is like beating a toddler at arm wrestling basically
>>130581467there's no connection between that lecture and the album, other than the fact that they took a few samples from it
>>130581455>starts babbling about "divine power"the song literally equates consciousness with god and then says it has power and operational effect. i'm not sure why this reading seems so wild to you. maybe you're stupid?
>>1305815832nd in quite high, hitting 1 on the charts isn't a given and most artists never do, usually only the most famous ones consistently hit the top 3. Let's take a world famous artist like Ariana Grande, her more recent album hit 3rd in Scotland, so Inferno has now out charted an Ariana Grande record.
>>130581596No one said there was a connection between Nasr and the entire album, but the only vocals on that song are entirely from that lecture, and in fact about 90% of the sample is from Nasr speaking, with a few lines coming from an audience member. The lecture does actually give a lot of theoretical context to the song as the samples are all taken from a very narrow portion of what is a very long lecture. It isn't just random sections
>>130581609Ariana Grande sucks shit thoif you cant top the charts in your home region, of which you are one of like three (if i'm generous) notable contrmporary artists, that's not a good sign
>>130581636Yes she does suck, the point wasn't she was great, it's that she's extremely famous - much much more than BOC.
>>130581561the wise laugh but the fools find depth in superficiality, as has always been the case
>>130581596you're retardedthe samples weren't chosen at random, this isn't a voice just going "orange!" every 8 bars
>>130581636literally no one gives a fuck about hitting first, second place in one week is hitting the tops of the chart, the only reason they arent hitting first is the beatles fag who keps putting our shit from a butt, the uk will never not eat that shit up so its going to stay at one for a while
>>130581660>boc makes album with some of their most audible samples ever, mostly left completely intact, left in the order its spoken in on almost track with vocals"its all just random! it means nothing!" that dude is just mentally challenged and trying to bait arguments
>>130581603there's no "god" for BoC bro, they're not a religious band and never have been, at most it's just a concept they play around while making music, and in this case it's a concept they poke fun at as well. have some discernment and stop taking everything at face value
>>130581648you only think it's superficial because you have no frame of reference for the subject matter, being a fundamentally incurious person who has never put time and effort into introspectioneveryone who has had direct experience with what Prophecy is pointing to understands what it's saying immediately and automatically. people like you will probably never get it sad to say
>>130580995>TH was their peak in 5 countries, Inferno in 14; overall in the top 10 in 11 countriesif they put out another album within a few years they could def break all the way into mainstream at this rate, every album has been a pretty big push forward for them
>>130581686>>130581660yea, actually boc sampled an islamic extremist because they agree with his view and want to propagate it through their music, you guys are right
>>130581715we are both two different people who are not arguing it has the SAME meaning, just that the sample DOES carry meaningthe opposite side of the argument was saying it contains no meaning
>>130581688prophecy is an expression of a pure spirituality that does not depend on religion. it is the most sincere expression of their relationship to reality as artists that they have ever released. to disagree is to merely admit you don't actually have a clue what the track is saying.sometimes things are to be taken at face value, otherwise you look silly. take the hunt for clues in the VHS tapes a few months ago. oh it's BoC, there has to be a hidden meaning! break out the spectroscopes, analyze the frames, hey wait is that Morse code???nope. Just a promo tape. face value is all there was there. you're a fool if you think that's never the case.
>>130581715they chopped it up and rearranged it to express a different meaning than the lecture. are you legitimately retarded? you seem legitimately retarded.
Maybe I'm stupid but I don't get what the joke is supposed to be if Prophecy at 1420 MHz is insincere. Like Father and Son, I get the dark humor there. Not so much with "God is consciousness." Like... haha, good one? I guess?
>>130581763are you bad at sensing sarcasm in the context of the discussion? but i'm on 4chan so you're probably just legitimately autistic. i agree with you, boc didn't sample that particular lecture to prompt their listeners to go watch it for better a understanding of their song, the samples in the context of the song as they have been used express a different meaning
>>130581636Whatever. I'm rather well-connected and I have no reason to lie on the internet; I'm not even among the BoC fans. Of course you'll believe what you want to believe, but don't say you weren't warned.Marcus passed away and they are no longer.
>>130581749i understand what you're saying, and i'm glad that's how you interpreted it. i just did not interpret prophecy as this pure, sincere expression, i find platonia to be more akin to what youre describing
these retards unironically spend 11 days talking about some ambient lofi beats to study to ahh album come on anons is this the only shit you listen to? ambient noise on ai generated triphop beats? find something new.
>>130581702why are retards always the most pretentious dorks
>>130581904you're retarded
>>130581959>I'm rather well-connected and I have no reason to lie on the internet; I'm not even among the BoC fans. Of course you'll believe what you want to believe, but don't say you weren't warned.fucking retard
>>130582006it's not my interpretation, it's just plainly and openly the message of the trackif you saw a stop sign on the road you wouldn't say since retarded shit like "well my interpretation is that this means I should stop my car, but others may interpret it differently"same deal here, it's literally a giant blinking neon sign, and if you think it's even open to interpretation, it's only because you can't read the words on the sign
>>130582014Not really beating the fundamentally incurious/lacking introspection accusations here, good job
>>130582020whatever man, autists are really tiresome to try to communicate with..
>>130582066I agree it has been very tiresome trying to communicate with you
>>130582008Based cat. Have a webm.
>>130582101the soiboy: boc listening room generalthe nintendo: infernothe cat: someone with good taste
>>130580036This guy would look completely normal if he got a haircut but he's really sticking with that hair huh? Either way solid review, but I disagree with him on the interludes, I kind of think they save the 2nd half of the album.
>>130582008>>130582101Unfortunately the cat was unable to kill him but it did brutally savage him. Good job kitty.
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>>130581784>I don't get what the joke is supposed to be when thanos snapped his fingers and everyone died. like...everyone's dead, haha, good one? i guess?in the narrative context of the album, it's the fake new age spirituality cults that tried rabidly to fill the spiritual void drug head hippies felt in the 90s. the song's very tongue and cheek
The more I listen to I Saw Through Platonia the more I like it. I wasn't sure what to make of it the first time I heard it. I had read about the heartbeat before listening to it the first time, so I was expecting the track in general to feel like a dirge, but it doesn't. The track seems like it deliberately sounds like an interlude or transition, which I am guessing is the point given death and rebirth being a theme on the album.
>>130581959Funniest shit I've read all week thanks anonWouldn't even make sense given his legal business activity unless he passed away this year, but then it wouldn't make sense why he's barely on the album given they've been working on it for more than just 3 months
>>130582008If people talking about "some ambient lofi beats to study to" make you and others seethe that much, then they shall continue.
>>130582082go get a diagnosis, denial isnt good for you in the long run
>>130582274Your Thanos analogy doesn't make any sense as a response to me, so I don't think you understood what I was trying to sayProphecy isn't talking about anything specific to or particularly emblematic of new age hippie cults, either. There really doesn't seem to be anything tongue in cheek about it, it reads more like "here is the only nugget of spiritual truth there is, now here's a bunch of tracks skewering how it's been perverted, misappropriated, and co-opted"
Can you guys just shut up and fuck each other already?
>>130582423I have small wiener
>>130582352you're autistic anon
>>130581119>if you center your analysis on that it takes on more of an alien/higher intelligence/power angleThe hydrogen line reference is inextricably bound up with the wow signal discussion, so it’s a moot point. I get the idea that it is coming from outer space, and is of a higher-order intelligence. What I am saying is that I don’t trust it as much as some of the other blind xenogooners in this thread. Has no one here watched Pluribus? >>130581245All I did was ask questions, and you’re foaming at the mouth like a cult member speaking in tongues. Think you need to reevaluate your priorities m8>>130581298>there is no "machine-like god"A heavily processed voice claiming to be God? Gee what could possibly be machinelike about that?>it's a track about awareness being aware of itself ("the ultimate resonance")See pic related
>>130582445You can be the bottom then it's okay babe
>>130582366the lyrics are as ridiculous as any blockbuster marvel capeshit, that's what i'm trying to say, and i seriously doubt anyone with any artistic integrity would even try to express a 'genuine nugget of spiritual truth' in such manner musically, but if this truly is serious then old age really took a toll on the brothers' minds
>>130582495You completely missed the point of the track and you're assmad that you got called out on it so you're projecting your frothy anger onto others and dismissing clear-eyed explanations of exactly what the track is plainly saying in clear and open language as dudebro stoner nonsense.Your fragile ego makes you unable to accept redirection because your widdwe fee fees are hurt when you're corrected. You will never glimpse ultimate truth, you will never awaken, you will never be a credit to the species. There is no point to a person like you. Go on, tell yourself the song is about alien robots I suppose.
>>130582463no u
>>130582540Forgive me anon but if those lyrics come off the same as a Marvel movie to you in terms of intent or artistic merit, you are a shallow person with weak critical thinking abilities and little capacity to discern and appreciate art. One wonders what you're even doing on this board.
>>130582495>The hydrogen line reference is inextricably bound up with the wow signal discussion, so it’s a moot pointits literally not a moot point though? yes the wow signal occurred on the hydrogen line but that does not mean the two are interchangeable whatsoever; one is a natural phenomena and the other is a signal with unknown origins, its the same frequency SETI specifically looks at, and was also used as the scale of measurement on the pioneer plaques for height time and distance - so clearly there are other lenses you could interpret this through beyond JUST going "dur its the hydrogen line! its the big bang and cosmology!"
>>130582495>>it's a track about awareness being aware of itself ("the ultimate resonance") >See pic relatedYou... don't know what the lyrics even are, do you?
>>130582495>album that references real world religions and cults and their beliefs throughout whole runtime>this track is a narrative about aliens lying to us!you're retarded
>>130582569you're forgiven my son, you jumping straight to adhominems doesnt affect me the way you think it does, it just makes me pity you. I think you just understood the album backwards, i put prophecy in the category of the "perverted spirituality" tracks, mostly because of its cheesy dumb lyrics that would appeal to the wide-eyed, desperate and existentially lost youngsters such as "i am god, the ultimate resonance" and "nothingness the ultimate truth" and whatever else is there. If you dont see the cringe cheesiness, then we agree to disagree, can't say more.I do think the album has what you could call 'a nugget of spiritual truth', but it's found in the latter tracks, such as the process or platonia imo, where the superficial bs feel like it has been discarded
>>130582346grow up
>>130582720>you're forgiven my son, you jumping straight to adhominems doesnt affect me the way you think it does, it just makes me pity you
>>130582720You only think the words are cheesy and dumb because you don't actually know or understand what the words are pointing to.To someone who does, they're just an efficient way to make the point - to confirm between artist and listener that there is a common experiential state and a deep truth said state reveals. Those in the know will get it, those not won't.Basically you are in a situation like someone is describing a sound you've never heard in simple language, and someone else who's heard that sound knows what's being talked about, but you are locked out of knowing what it is.Your particular fragile ego reaction to this situation is to write the whole thing off as sophomoric and pat yourself on the back for being a total super duper smarty pants. To which I say: good job! Now go think of something to do, and see that task to completion. Fart!
>>130582543For someone allegedly with so much inner peace you sure have a lot of anger and resentment. If you’ve truly experienced ego death, why are you getting so hung up on my post?>dismissing clear-eyed explanations of exactly what the track is plainly saying in clear and open languageIf you think the vocal processing doesn’t read as uncanny valley/ambiguous to you, I don’t know what else to say. It just seems like you’re willing to accept the message wholesale simply because you so clearly agree with its content, because it fulfils your biases. >>130582592>”its the big bang and cosmology!"Not the point I was making. But you’re right, I just conflated the two. I agree that the wow signal is more significant>>130582618Do you always use “nothingness” and “awareness” interchangeably? Are you sure YOU know what the lyrics are?
>>130582847You are, still, projecting your own hostility into me. I'm merely dispassionately stating truths. That these truths upset you is not my concern, nor is it my concern to coddle you. I have made no statements about myself, about ego death, or any of that. This is just you inventing something in your own head to be mad at.
>>130582701>this track is a narrative about aliens lying to us!Again, not what I’m saying. The track (as are many of the songs on the album) is about our propensity to fall for grand cosmic/theological explanations of the universe, consciousness, god, being, etc.. that’s why I specifically called it a psyop, as were plenty of cults throughout the 20th and 21st century, as is the currently ongoing project bluebeam. All of you deepak chopra woo woo bullshit artists are glowing rn
>>130582847Awareness is nothingness. It's empty space in which qualia reside. This has been known to humanity for quite literally thousands of years now, though better known to some cultures than others. I think this whole discussion is over your head. At the very least, you lack the knowledge required to participate. Don't worry your little head about it, it's just a funny little song about space alien robots trying to trick us.
>>130582890No hostility on my end whatsoever, I’m just happy to have a new boc album to discuss. Isn’t it great to be calling each other faggots over entirely inconsequential opinions about music again?
>>130582911Deepak Chopra is a dumb huckster who misappropriates a fundamental truth. Your inability to discern the difference is your own failing.
>>130582923>Don't worry your little head about it, it's just a funny little song about space alien robots trying to trick us.I refer you to >>130582911. Once again, if you were truly enlightened, what would be the need for condescension?
>>130582942>Deepak Chopra is a dumb huckster who misappropriates a fundamental truthHang on- so you’re saying that entities with malicious intent can take advantage of certain spiritually intuitive truths? Just Like suspicious giant robot space god?!?!?
>>130582890>>130582543>You will never glimpse ultimate truth, you will never awaken, you will never be a credit to the species.brah you're talking like a literal cult member in response to a fucking boards of canada tune, you got godwin'd hard
>>130582737Correct, I think you should.
>>130582839the insulting condensation coupled with the hypocrisy and weak analogy make up for a really pathetic reply
>>130582963Who said anything about enlightenment, apart from you?
>>130583064See>>130582981Literally everything you’ve been saying has been nothing but posturing about having access to spiritual truths I don’t have. For one thing, I’ve never been wholly opposed to the philosophy at play here - I’m just not a dogmatic cultist about it like you.
>>130582974Chopra (and indeed most if not all hucksters) misappropriates spiritual truth to sell shit and ask for money.Where in Prophecy is anything at all being asked of you?
>>130583089hahaha surry dude this one was too easy
I'm about to spam this thread with shirtless pics of Mike if y'all don't stop arguing like little kids
>>130582981>>130583086Nothing I'm saying has anything to do with any cult. There's nothing exclusive about it, no special method to follow, no dogma to adhere to. This is just your ignorance talking.You're basically just making up a person to get mad at in your head and responding to me like I'm that person. If that's fun for you, go for it I guess, but I'm not really into it.
>>130583089This goes beyond the constraints of the song (and album) but the pre-album audio played at the listening parties talks about using audio triggers as part of a “mass behavioural initiative”. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t take the message seriously, just that we should be suspicious of the source and the intent.
>>130583115Funny, I didnt hear that line in Prophecy
>>130583118Mike's dead, bro.
>>130583168It wasn't enough that everyone is starting rumors about Marcus dying now Mike is dead too?! If Mike is dead.. and Marcus is dead... who's driving the BOC?
the aura...
Who else straight up jorkin it rn
>>130581583Bitch a Paul McCartney album was out the same week. Why on earth would they beat that and the legions of boomers buying what might be the last ever Paul album/album by a Beatle album full stop. That they were ahead of Drake and various other typical top 40 fodder is a triumph
>>130582312Yeah deffo a grower. It was comfortably my least favourite BoC final track. Now I'm not sure
>>130583424couldn't even beat a washed up has-been old fart like Paul McCartney?grim
>I was rightlel
>>130583552it was already confirmed since either 2022 or 2023 that a new album was coming, you just had to post one of these for each year and screenshot them all and inevitably one of them would have been a correct "prediction"
>>130573808Yeah, I flipped back to Geogaddi today. It's so warm, dark, untouchable in its scope, absolutely perfection, beautiful crisp that I miss. I played it everyday at work till Inferno dropped, zonal no interference. Inferno is still alien to me, that's a good thing. I haven't stopped listening to it. First impression on shitty headphones was unforgettable. Goin buy a new pair of better headphones exclusively for this stuff. Stars aligned, cataloged as WARP496, they crushed the building with this 1, they really did it, those madlads. It's as if all this waiting paid off in aces.
>>130583828>warm, dark, untouchable in its scopehey just like your mom's pussy
>>130583870I looked at the insects that I shaken off the dead shrubs today, they took to my clothes, jumping around, particularly on my pant legs. These green little things no bigger than the dead skin peeled by my fingernail. I observed them and flicked them off as the wheels went into motion. They having to survive the winds of a brutal highway, cast off, blast off, these little green insects, for why did they cling
Anyone else think that quite a lot of the melodic ideas on the album have a Severance theme feel to them? Like, they’ll take a pedal note and just cycle these really interesting, dissonant chords across it.. definitely ties in with the whole cult theme too
>>130573950
so how long until people honeymoon phase passes and people realize this is a cash grab deployed for the sole purpose of securing their childrens futures financially? (which is kinda based ngl)
>>130584548how long until people realize the brothers have been financially secure for decades and their kids are all grown adults
>>130584548I mean they just make music for the sake of doing it all the time for years now, literally every album has been a "cash grab" in some sensedoesn't mean they're bad albums
Hoo boy sure looks like there's been some funposting in this here thread I tell you whatMEANWHILE
>>130584652their children havent made one piece of music that i know of and the only plausible explanation for this is that they're all bums
>>130574232Are you calling him a liar?
>>130584696what would their kids necessarily make music? a lot of musicians kids do not go on to make their own music, which makes sense cuz kids usually do NOT wanna do what their parents do
I hate you more than I hate any physical being.
>>130584971I think that's terrible
>>130584971EVIL boards of canada be like
>>130582260I hope the cat was ok
>>130584971Well why can't you throw that same feeling AWAY?
>>130570093>bestBlood in the Labyrinth>WorstArena Americanada>most overrated Arena Americanada>most underrated The Word Becomes FleshI still think this album is fantastic, it’s my favourite album to come out not just this year, but for several years, it has taken the place of Music Has the Right to Children as my favourite Boards album.
>>130573129Thank you for calling it a toque and not a beanie. My daft American wife calls toques beanies, pisses me off.T. Canadian
>>130582346Based
>>130584700No I’m not calling him a liar
>>130580995BOC peak chart positions [update]Scotland - 2 (Inferno)Australia - 3 (Inferno)UK - 3 (Inferno)Belgium - 4 (Inferno)Germany - 4 (Inferno)Finland - 5 (Inferno)New Zealand - 5 (Inferno)Netherlands - 6 (Inferno)Ireland - 7 (Inferno & Tomorrow's Harvest)Switzerland - 7 (Inferno)Norway - 9 (Tomorrow's Harvest)United States - 13 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Denmark - 13 (Inferno) [new peak]Canada - 18 (Inferno)Japan - 27 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Austria - 28 (Inferno)Sweden - 30 (Inferno)France - 35 (Inferno)Italy - 64 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Spain - 72 (Inferno)
>>130586571Inferno peak song positionsNew ZealandNaraka - 32 HHLL - 35Father & Son - 38Age of Capricorn - 39
>>130586606Inferno total spotify streams ranking (against all 105 BOC tracks)Prophecy - 70Introit - 82all others 89-105Prophecy is ahead of Basefree, See Ya Later, Magic Window, Diving Station, A is to B, Oirectine, Twoism, Semena Mertvykh, You Could Feel The Sky, and Iced Cooly
>>130586653Prophecy is currently outpacing all other BOC songs by a factor of 10, at its current pace it will enter the top 50 tracks within another 10-14 days
>>130580686I found out all the info about their marriages and divorces too but didn't want to say anything about it. Disappointing to see someone else did. A little respect would be nice since they were forced to have that info online and you're a dickless anonymous poster for fuck's sake. If you're gonna post their personal info why don't you post yours too. This isn't the time for "4chan le epic doxx we are legion"
>>130587110I didn't post any personal information. The screenshot shows his name and birthday. Which we all already know... All I did was agree that yes, if you do go looking you can find more, and I did not say where to go get that information nor did I post it. The address on the business filing is for a public office, not a home address, it's just where the paperwork was filed at. Nothing personal, but if you dislike the fact his name and birthday are on public record (like virtually every country) take it up with the UK
>>130587110I'll also add, this is just the case with most countries. In the US court records are also often public, and if you know where to look you can look up private individuals court proceedings. That's just how public records work anon. All I did was prove his name is really his name, it's the EXACT same information that's on Wikipedia, nothing new was just sharing proof to the schizo going on about conspiracies
>>130587133I wasn't talking about you but someone else had posted about Marcus' divorce. I'd say the company stuff is fine. I feel like if they really wanted to hide that there would've been a way to circumvent it
>>130587110>Le epic doxxxhis name and birthday are on wiki and bocpages and have been for decadesjust like all celebrities
>>130587150I didn't bring up the divorce myself or post anything leading to it, I agree that's quite personal, I made sure the screenshot I posted didn't include anyone else's names for their own privacy sake but it's just the nature of the beast, I think it's equally disrespectful to create conspiracies about death or fake names etc
>>130585652over here a toque is a thing to protect your dick while playing hockey so I must admit I was a little confused there
>>130569845Holy shit this album is boring as fuck
>>130587897only boring people find things boring
I am so happy and thankful for this album. I was so hyped for it, and somehow it didn't let me down. They actually did it, it's genuinely fantastic.
>>130577421for me the hands reaching for the sky
>>130570447>Strangest thing they've released since Club NinjaTook me a sec… hurr hurrrr
>>130577421Considering Mossad did 9/11, yes
Are you autistic enough to do a full ranking of the tracks? I am1. Deep Time2. The Word Becomes Flesh3. Naraka4. Age of Capricorn5. Father and Son6. Blood in the Labyrinth7. The Process8. Memory Death9. Prophecy at 1420 MHz10.I Saw Through Platonia11. All Reason Departs12. Acts of Magic13. You Retreat in Time and Space 14. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan15. Introit16. Somewhere Right Now in the Future17. Arena Americanada18. Into the Magic Land
>>1305906041. Age of Capricorn2. Father and Son3. Blood in the Labyrinth4. Prophecy at 1420 MHz5. The Word Becomes Flesh6. Naraka7. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan8. Into The Magic Land9. Arena Americanada10. Deep Time11. Somewhere Right Now in The Future12. You Retreat in Time and Space 13. All Reason Departs14. Memory Death15. I Saw Through Platonia16. Acts of Magic17. The Process18. Introit
>>130590604>>130590718Naraka The Process You Retreat in Time and Space All Reason Departs Into The Magic Land Age of Capricorn Prophecy at 1420 MHz Memory Death The Word Becomes Flesh Arena Americanada Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan I Saw Through Platonia Deep Time Acts of Magic Father and Son Somewhere Right Now in The Future Blood in the Labyrinth Introit
>>130590604>>130590718>>1305907741. The Word Becomes Flesh 2. Blood in the Labyrinth 3. Into The Magic Land 4. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan 5. Acts of Magic 6. Father and Son 7. Naraka 8. Memory Death 9. Arena Americanada 10. The Process 11. Deep Time 12. You Retreat in Time and Space 13. Age of Capricorn 14. Prophecy at 1420 MHz 15. I Saw Through Platonia 16. All Reason Departs 17. Somewhere Right Now in The Future 18. Introit
>>130590604>>130590718>>130590774>>1305908021) Somewhere Right Now in The Future2) Deep Time3) Age of Capricorn4) All Reason Departs5) Memory Death6) The Word Becomes Flesh7) Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan8) Prophecy at 1420 MHz9) Naraka10) Acts of Magic11) Into The Magic Land12) I Saw Through Platonia13) Father and Son14) Introit15) Arena Americanada16) Blood in the Labyrinth17) The Process18) You Retreat in Time and Space
>>130590604>>130590718>>130590774>>130590802>>1305908431 Blood in the Labyrinth2 Into The Magic Land3 Somewhere Right Now in The Future4 Introit5 Father and Son6 Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan7 Age of Capricorn8 The Process9 Acts of Magic10 The Word Becomes Flesh11 Arena Americanada12 I Saw Through Platonia13 Memory Death14 You Retreat in Time and Space15 Prophecy at 1420 MHz16 Deep Time17 All Reason Departs18 Naraka
>>130590604>>130590718>>130590774>>130590802>>130590843>>13059086801- Father and Son02- Somewhere Right Now in The Future03- Naraka04- Into The Magic Land05- You Retreat in Time and Space06- All Reason Departs07- Age of Capricorn08- The Process09- I Saw Through Platonia10- The Word Becomes Flesh11- Introit12- Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan13- Arena Americanada14- Prophecy at 1420 MHz15- Blood in the Labyrinth16- Acts of Magic17- Memory Death18- Deep Time
>>130590604>>130590718>>130590774>>130590802>>130590843>>130590868>>130590901Hydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanArena AmericanadaAge of CapricornInto The Magic LandSomewhere Right Now in The FutureActs of MagicThe Word Becomes FleshBlood in the LabyrinthProphecy at 1420 MHzIntroitDeep TimeThe ProcessYou Retreat in Time and SpaceFather and SonI Saw Through PlatoniaAll Reason DepartsMemory DeathNaraka
>>1305906041 The Process2 Memory Death3 The Word Becomes Flesh4 Arena Americanada5 Introit6 Age of Capricorn7 Deep Time8 I Saw Through Platonia9 Prophecy at 1420 MHz10 You Retreat in Time and Space11 Into The Magic Land12 Blood in the Labyrinth13 Acts of Magic14 Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan15 All Reason Departs16 Father and Son17 Naraka18 Somewhere Right Now in The Future
>>1305906041. Father and Son2. Prophecy at 1420 MHz3. Memory Death4. I Saw Through Platonia5. Acts of Magic6. Blood in the Labyrinth7. Somewhere Right Now in The Future8. Into The Magic Land9. You Retreat in Time and Space10. Arena Americanada11. Deep Time12. Naraka13. The Process14. All Reason Departs15. Introit16. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan17. Age of Capricorn18. The Word Becomes Flesh
>>1305906041. Introit2. Prophecy at 1420 MHz3. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan4. Age of Capricorn5. Father and Son6. Somewhere Right Now in the Future7. Naraka8. Acts of Magic9. Memory Death10. The Word Becomes Flesh11. Into the Magic Land12. Blood in the Labyrinth13. Deep Time14. All Reason Departs15. Arena Americanada16. The Process17. You Retreat in Time and Space18. I Saw Through Platonia
>>1305906041 The Word Becomes Flesh2 Age of Capricorn3 You Retreat in Time and Space4 Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan5 All Reason Departs6 Naraka7 Into The Magic Land8 The Process9 Somewhere Right Now in The Future10 Blood in the Labyrinth11 Introit12 Memory Death13 Father and Son14 Prophecy at 1420 MHz15 Acts of Magic16 Deep Time17 I Saw Through Platonia18 Arena Americanada
>>130590974Oh you think you're funny af huh
I Saw Through PlatoniaArena AmericanadaThe ProcessFather and SonProphecy at 1420 MHzActs of MagicSomewhere Right Now in The FutureBlood in the LabyrinthIntroitThe Word Becomes FleshAge of CapricornHydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanMemory DeathInto The Magic LandDeep TimeAll Reason DepartsYou Retreat in Time and SpaceNaraka
1 - Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan2 - Memory Death3 - Blood in the Labyrinth4 - All Reason Departs5 - Father and Son6 - Somewhere Right Now in The Future7 - Into The Magic Land8 - You Retreat in Time and Space9 - Acts of Magic10 - I Saw Through Platonia11 - The Word Becomes Flesh12 - Prophecy at 1420 MHz13 - Introit14 - The Process15 - Arena Americanada16 - Deep Time17 - Naraka18 - Age of Capricorn
>>1305906041. Prophecy at 1420 MHz2. Deep Time3. You Retreat in Time and Space4. Arena Americanada5. Blood in the Labyrinth6. Naraka7. The Process8. Introit9. Somewhere Right Now in The Future10. Memory Death11. All Reason Departs12. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan13. Age of Capricorn14. Into The Magic Land15. The Word Becomes Flesh16. Acts of Magic17. Father and Son18. I Saw Through Platonia
>>130590604Memory DeathFather and SonYou Retreat in Time and SpaceAll Reason DepartsIntroitNarakaProphecy at 1420 MHzArena AmericanadaSomewhere Right Now in The FutureThe ProcessI Saw Through PlatoniaThe Word Becomes FleshInto The Magic LandAge of CapricornActs of MagicHydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanDeep TimeBlood in the Labyrinth
was literally everybody waiting for the opportunity to rank the songs or is something strange going on here? Is a certain anon trying to hit bump limit so he can make a new thread
>>1305906041 Deep Time2 Father and Son3 Naraka4 Blood in the Labyrinth5 Memory Death6 The Word Becomes Flesh7 You Retreat in Time and Space8 Introit9 Acts of Magic10 The Process11 Into The Magic Land12 I Saw Through Platonia13 Prophecy at 1420 MHz14 Arena Americanada15 Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan16 All Reason Departs17 Age of Capricorn18 Somewhere Right Now in The Future
>>1305906041. Prophecy at 1420 MHz2. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan3. Father and Son4. The Word Becomes Flesh5. Memory Death6. Into The Magic Land7. You Retreat in Time and Space8. All Reason Departs9. Introit10. Somewhere Right Now in The Future11. I Saw Through Platonia12. Age of Capricorn13. Blood in the Labyrinth14. Naraka15. Arena Americanada16. Acts of Magic17. The Process18. Deep Time
>>130591050Little bit of both probably
>>130591050It's the latter, and can the new thread PLEASE be a mike thread please OP we are begging for mike
The new album is great. I just spent 3 days straight listening to it over and over again. I think the standout track is "Father and Son", although it terminates rather abruptly after the satisfying crescendo. The vocal manipulation are really something uncanny. "Blood in the Labyrinth" and "All Reason Departs" are other two highlights. The latter seems like it could be a potential nod to the Aphex Twin EP "Cheetah" and the track "CHEETAHT7b" in particular. The album is a very cohesive whole though and best listened to without skipping around too much. Not a single track on here that fails to hold one's attention. This time around I really liked most of the shorter interlude tracks as well which hasn't always been the case on previous albums where they struck me as either unnecessary filler or tracks that should have been expended further. Overall I think they did the impossible and made a great album despite the crushing expectations of a 13 year hiatus. The sound is reinvented, yet undeniably BoC. After MHTRTC and Geogaddi, I'd rank it as #3!
i don't even like this band, but you guys were right : it is better than tomorrow's harvest (which doesn't live to what it pretends to be)
The Process is the most beautiful track on the album, and the most "BoC" like track as well
y'all are still hyping this up? just listen to Burial like a normal person
>>130592403Burials hasn’t done anything good since Rival Dealer
Somehow I'm still not tired of Father And Son, it's too addictive.
Love this album glad it’s a certified classic at this point
>>130593556I think that's wonderful
>>130593707Not certified yet. It only has been 1,5 weeks since its release
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