Re: The Guardian (UK): Boards of Canada: Inferno rev iew – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment
Theo Philip <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 01:58:06 +0100
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--0000000000007adcac06533aceeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think I agree with the reviewer. BoC's drum beats are just so boring. The songs I really like of theirs, happen to be the ones without drums, Memory Death and Deep Time on Inferno, Bocuma and The Color of The Fire on music has the right to children. Compare to a contemporary like Amon Tobin, and this is for me what would make their tracks more enjoyable to listen to. On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 at 22:03, Zheanna Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > Have had a chance to spin it a few times now front to back; it certainly > sounds more "modern" than any prior BOC stuff, in my opinion - not that > that's a bad thing at all. It still feels very BOC, and while it doesn't > feel like anything particularly revolutionary (can anyone say they truly > expected that from them to begin with?), it's a pleasure to listen to and > I'm certain it will grow on me even more over time. > > Everyone seems to be enamored with Father And Son but there's something > about those vocal slices that is unsettling, and I don't just mean their > subject matter. Several tracks (Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan and Are= na > Americanada especially) remind me a bit of the catalogue stuff made for > Bruton Music in the 80s....shades of Mark Shreeve's masterwork "Mephisto"= , > for example, or Francis Monkman's "Perpetual Motion" off the Energism > album. Love that bold sound. > > Z > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 1:42=E2=80=AFPM Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]> = wrote: > >> That said, >> The Crowded House-adjacent guitar this time around is their coolest >> deployment of guitar ever imo and I would be psyched if there's any more= of >> that to come. >> >> Also the synthetic Clouddead flows in the super cutup vocals tracks is a >> bold choice that works way better than I would have expected. >> >> >> -rk >> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> When I listened to bits and pieces of it while doing other things, I >>> didn't care for it at all. >>> Then today I ended up sitting down on a couch and listening to the whol= e >>> thing (on shuffle, by accident) without doing or focusing on anything e= lse >>> and I had a real good time. >>> >>> I think the increasing enshittification of everything tech, and >>> trashiness of everything about AI, has kinda called the whole "artist m= ust >>> make PROGRESS" framing into question for me on a fundamental level. At = age >>> 40 I prob would have been right there with ppl saying, "They've added >>> nothing/They've evolved none!" but at age 45 I'm actually really genuin= ely >>> glad that these two weirdos still get to live in a beautiful place out = in >>> the highlands and make the exact sounds they want to make. I don't thin= k >>> they need to invent a whole nother aesthetic or History of The Nuum mom= ent >>> to be a net gain/good deal for the rest of the species. >>> >>> >>> -rk >>> >>> On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Elijah Fink <[email protected]= > wrote: >>> >>>> The album rules, review is rubbish >>>> >>>> On Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David Newman, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just going to a listening party=E2=80=A6 with open ears and an open m= ind =E2=80=A6. If >>>>> it=E2=80=99s better than tomorrow=E2=80=99s harvest I=E2=80=99m happy >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> >>>>> David Newman - shorter message sent from a mobile device =F0=9F=93=B2 >>>>> >>>>> On 28 May 2026, at 21:00, Zombiefly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> =EF=BB=BF >>>>> just heard it. >>>>> the review is bang on. >>>>> >>>>> how disappointing >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 23:55, steven richard price <[email protected]= m> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Truly awful review. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2026, 20:04 Seth Branum, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> BoC's religious/cult themes made him squeamish. =F0=9F=98=85 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 6:10=E2=80=AFAM Ren=C3=A9 Wilhelm <rene.wil= [email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ragebait >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 15:05, Richard Barnett < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-in= ferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointm= ent >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Richard Barnett >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ---------------------------------------- >>>>> not sent from an iDevice >>>>> ---------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> --=20 ~Theo Philip [email protected] --0000000000007adcac06533aceeb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I think I agree with the=C2=A0reviewer. BoC's drum bea= ts are just so boring. The songs I really like of theirs, happen to be the = ones without drums, Memory Death and Deep Time on Inferno, Bocuma and The C= olor of The Fire on music has the right to children. Compare to a contempor= ary like Amon Tobin, and this is for me what would make their tracks more e= njoyable to listen to.=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote= _container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 at 22:= 03, Zheanna Murray <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">zhea.taylor= @gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding= -left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Have had a chance to spin it a few times now fr= ont to back; it certainly sounds more "modern" than any prior BOC= stuff, in my opinion - not that that's a bad thing at all. It still fe= els very BOC, and while it doesn't feel like anything particularly revo= lutionary (can anyone say they truly expected that from them to begin with?= ), it's a pleasure to listen to and I'm certain it will grow on me = even more over time.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Everyone seems to be enamored= with Father And Son but there's something about those vocal slices tha= t is unsettling, and I don't just mean their subject matter. Several tr= acks (Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan and Arena Americanada especially) r= emind me a bit of the catalogue stuff made for Bruton Music in the 80s....s= hades of Mark Shreeve's masterwork "Mephisto", for example, o= r Francis Monkman's "Perpetual Motion" off the Energism album= . Love that bold sound.</div><div><br></div><div>Z</div></div><br><div clas= s=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026= at 1:42=E2=80=AFPM Rjyan Kidwell <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid = rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">That said,<div dir=3D"= auto">The Crowded House-adjacent guitar this time around is their coolest d= eployment of guitar ever imo and I would be psyched if there's any more= of that to come.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">= Also the synthetic Clouddead flows in the super cutup vocals tracks is a bo= ld choice that works way better than I would have expected.=C2=A0</div><div= dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">-rk</= div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_at= tr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM Rjyan Kidwell <<a href=3D"mailto:cexwel= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><b= lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-le= ft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">When I lis= tened to bits and pieces of it while doing other things, I didn't care = for it at all.<div>Then today I ended up sitting down on a couch and listen= ing to the whole thing (on shuffle, by accident) without doing or focusing = on anything else and I had a real good time.=C2=A0</div><div><br>I think th= e increasing enshittification of everything tech, and trashiness of everyth= ing about AI, has kinda called the whole "artist must make PROGRESS&qu= ot; framing into question for me on a fundamental level. At age 40 I prob w= ould have been right there with ppl saying, "They've added nothing= /They've evolved none!" but at age 45 I'm actually really genu= inely glad that these two weirdos still get to live in a beautiful place ou= t in the highlands and make the exact sounds they want to make.=C2=A0I don&= #39;t think they need to invent a whole nother aesthetic or History of The = Nuum moment to be a net gain/good deal for the rest of the species.=C2=A0</= div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-rk</div></div><br><div class=3D"gma= il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 7:4= 0=E2=80=AFAM Elijah Fink <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"n= oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef= t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">The album = rules, review is rubbish</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt= r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David Newman, <<a hre= f=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">dwne= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa= dding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Just going to a listening party=E2=80=A6 = with open ears and an open mind =E2=80=A6. If it=E2=80=99s better than tomo= rrow=E2=80=99s harvest I=E2=80=99m happy=C2=A0<div><br id=3D"m_-25127810882= 94948826m_-6851406460683774907m_194040298882962608m_4473043227417954994m_20= 0966731321310408lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best= wishes</div><div><br></div>David Newman - shorter message sent from a mobi= le device =F0=9F=93=B2</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">= On 28 May 2026, at 21:00, Zombiefly <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= om" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>= > wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D= "ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"border-style:none;background= :none">just</span> heard it.<div><span style=3D"border-style:none;backgroun= d:none">the</span> review is bang on.</div><div><br></div><div>how disappoi= nting</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g= mail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 23:55, steven richard price <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q= uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2= 04);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Truly awful review.=C2=A0</div><br>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 25= May 2026, 20:04 Seth Branum, <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrot= e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0= .8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"l= tr">BoC's religious/cult themes made him squeamish.=C2=A0=C2=A0=F0=9F= =98=85<br><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 6:10=E2=80=AFAM Ren=C3=A9 Wilhelm &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer n= oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div= ><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border= -left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">rage= bait</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm= ail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 15:05, Richard Barnett <<a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" ta= rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockq= uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1p= x solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><a href=3D= "https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-rev= iew-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.theguar= dian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-after-13-years-a= way-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment</a></div><div><br></div><= span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Richard Barnett= <br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><span class= =3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s= ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif">--------------= --------------------------</font><div><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif">=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0not sent from an iDevice</font></div><div><span style=3D"f= ont-size:12.8px"><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif">------------------------= ----------------</font></span><br></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><span class= =3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s= ignature">~Theo Philip<div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a></div></div> --0000000000007adcac06533aceeb--