Re: The Guardian (UK): Boards of Canada: Inferno revie w – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment
Jordan Meinecke <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:36:49 -0700
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--Apple-Mail-3ED73480-D1E3-4568-B627-7E860808F66E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">No one wants to hear your neg= ative opinions</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 1,= 2026, at 5:58=E2=80=AFPM, Theo Philip <[email protected]> wrote:<br= ><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF= <div dir=3D"ltr">I think I agree with the reviewer. BoC's drum beats ar= e just so boring. The songs I really like of theirs, happen to be the ones w= ithout 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 t= o listen to. </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 M= urray <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>= > wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0= px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div d= ir=3D"ltr">Have had a chance to spin it a few times now front to back; it ce= rtainly sounds more "modern" than any prior BOC stuff, in my opinion - not t= hat 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 ex= pected that from them to begin with?), it's a pleasure to listen to and I'm c= ertain it will grow on me even more over time. <div><br></div><div>Ever= yone seems to be enamored with Father And Son but there's something about th= ose vocal slices that is unsettling, and I don't just mean their subject mat= ter. Several tracks (Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan and Arena 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 s= ound.</div><div><br></div><div>Z</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><= div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 1:42=E2=80=AFPM R= jyan Kidwell <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">cexw= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl= e=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-a= djacent guitar this time around is their coolest deployment of guitar ever i= mo and I would be psyched if there's any more of that to come. </div><d= iv dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also the synthetic Clouddead flo= ws in the super cutup vocals tracks is a bold choice that works way better t= han I would have expected. </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_qu= ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM Rjya= n Kidwell <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">cexwell= @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-lef= t:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">When I listened to bits and pieces of it while doing= other things, I didn't care for it at all.<div>Then today I ended up sittin= g down on a couch and listening to the whole thing (on shuffle, by accident)= without doing or focusing on anything else and I had a real good time. = ;</div><div><br>I think the increasing enshittification of everything tech, a= nd trashiness of everything about AI, has kinda called the whole "artist mus= t 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 nothi= ng/They've evolved none!" but at age 45 I'm actually really genuinely glad t= hat these two weirdos still get to live in a beautiful place out in the high= lands and make the exact sounds they want to make. I don't think they n= eed 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. </div><div><br></div><= div><br></div><div>-rk</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D= "ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Elijah Fi= nk <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2= 04);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">The album rules, review is rubbish</= div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On = Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David Newman, <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= o.uk" rel=3D"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"aut= o">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 tomorrow=E2=80=99s harvest I=E2=80=99m h= appy <div><br id=3D"m_-2512781088294948826m_-6851406460683774907m_19404= 0298882962608m_4473043227417954994m_200966731321310408lineBreakAtBeginningOf= Signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best wishes</div><div><br></div>David Newma= n - shorter message sent from a mobile 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]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><block= quote 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;background:none">the</span> review is bang on.</div><div>= <br></div><div>how disappointing</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><= div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 23:55, steven ri= chard price <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer nore= ferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockq= uote 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"auto">Truly awful revi= ew. </div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmai= l_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026, 20:04 Seth Branum, <<a href=3D"mailto:djmano= [email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= om</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">BoC's religious/cult themes made him squeamish. = =F0=9F=98=85<br><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl= ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 6:10=E2=80=AFAM Ren=C3=A9 Wilhelm= <<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-l= eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class= =3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ragebait= </div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a= ttr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 15:05, Richard Barnett <<a href=3D"mailto:ric= [email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" 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 r= gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><a href=3D"https://w= ww.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-after-1= 3-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment" rel=3D"noreferre= r noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/music= /2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodi= gal-return-is-a-big-disappointment</a></div><div><br></div><span class=3D"gm= ail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signatur= e"><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_signa= ture"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif">-------------------= ---------------------</font><div><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif"> &n= bsp; not sent from an iDevice</font></div><div><span style=3D"font-siz= e: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_signa= ture">~Theo Philip<div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a></div></div> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3ED73480-D1E3-4568-B627-7E860808F66E--