Re: The Guardian (UK): Boards of Canada: Inferno rev iew – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment

Aleks <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:19:38 +0200
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I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish, a big thank you to them, they
are a part of my memories and now I have some more to add on to that.


On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 20:39, Theo Philip <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, I do really like the songs without the drums in. I'd rather hear an
> album from them that's more atmospheric, because on the tracks they take
> this approach it is much more immersive and interesting.
>
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 19:33, David Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The vowel, timing bending on father and son is very interesting!
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> David Newman
>>
>> www.audiobulb.com : exploratory music
>>
>> www.audiomoves.com : ambient music sync specialist
>>
>> www.volume-objects.com : abstract ambience :: broken space
>>
>> On 2 Jun 2026, at 17:59, Alan Lucas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On the contrary, I=E2=80=99m quite happy to hear all manner of opinions.
>>
>> I like a lot of the album so far, but Father And Son sounds like
>> something that The Books would have done back around 2005. Same with The
>> Word Becomes Flesh, but that one is slightly less bothersome to me for
>> whatever reason.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 10:37=E2=80=AFAM Jordan Meinecke <jordanmeinecke@=
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> No one wants to hear your negative opinions
>>>
>>> On Jun 1, 2026, at 5:58=E2=80=AFPM, Theo Philip <[email protected]> w=
rote:
>>>
>>> =EF=BB=BF
>>>
>>> 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 To=
bin,
>>> and this is for me what would make their tracks more enjoyable to liste=
n
>>> 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 list=
en 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 somethin=
g
>>>> about those vocal slices that is unsettling, and I don't just mean the=
ir
>>>> subject matter. Several tracks (Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan and =
Arena
>>>> Americanada especially) remind me a bit of the catalogue stuff made fo=
r
>>>> Bruton Music in the 80s....shades of Mark Shreeve's masterwork "Mephis=
to",
>>>> 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]=
m> 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 m=
ore of
>>>>> that to come.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also the synthetic Clouddead flows in the super cutup vocals tracks i=
s
>>>>> 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
>>>>>> whole thing (on shuffle, by accident) without doing or focusing on a=
nything
>>>>>> else 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 "artis=
t must
>>>>>> 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 adde=
d
>>>>>> nothing/They've evolved none!" but at age 45 I'm actually really gen=
uinely
>>>>>> glad that these two weirdos still get to live in a beautiful place o=
ut in
>>>>>> the highlands and make the exact sounds they want to make. I don't t=
hink
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -rk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Elijah Fink <efink009@gmail.=
com>
>>>>>> 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 ope=
n mind =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]> 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 <
>>>>>>>>>> [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=
-inferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappoi=
ntment
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Barnett
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>      not sent from an iDevice
>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~Theo Philip
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> ~Theo Philip
> [email protected]
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish, a big thank=
 you to them, they are a part of my memories and now I have some more to ad=
d on to that.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">O=
n Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 20:39, Theo Philip &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tphilip96@gma=
il.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-l=
eft-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">Well, I do really like the songs without the=C2=A0drums in. I&#3=
9;d rather hear an album from them that&#39;s more atmospheric, because on =
the tracks they take this approach it is much more immersive and interestin=
g.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 19:33, David Newman &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dwnewman@=
clara.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border=
-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:=
rgb(204,204,204)"><div>The vowel, timing bending on father and son is very =
interesting!<br id=3D"m_8758996677595107326m_-1412211526835473959lineBreakA=
tBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-inde=
nt:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decorat=
ion:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"letter-spacing:normal=
;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo=
rd-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal">Best wishes</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">David Newman</p><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&qu=
ot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)"><a href=3D"http://www.audiobulb.com/"=
 target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif;colo=
r:rgb(11,118,160)">www.audiobulb.com</span></a>=C2=A0:=C2=A0</span><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif">e=
xploratory music</span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;=
Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)"><a href=3D"http://w=
ww.audiomoves.com/" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica =
Light&quot;,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&qu=
ot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)">www.audiomoves.com</span></a></span><=
span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-s=
erif">=C2=A0: ambient music sync=C2=A0specialist</span><span style=3D"font-=
size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(=
11,118,160)"><a href=3D"http://www.volume-objects.com/" target=3D"_blank" s=
tyle=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif"><span style=3D"=
font-family:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)">w=
ww.volume-objects.com</span></a></span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Helvetica Light&quot;,sans-serif">=C2=A0: abstract ambience :: =
broken space</span></p></div></div></div>
</div>
<div><br><div>On 2 Jun 2026, at 17:59, Alan Lucas &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:alu=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><=
div><div dir=3D"auto">On the contrary, I=E2=80=99m quite happy to hear all =
manner of opinions.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I li=
ke a lot of the album so far, but Father And Son sounds like something that=
 The Books would have done back around 2005. Same with The Word Becomes Fle=
sh, but that one is slightly less bothersome to me for whatever reason.=C2=
=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 2=
, 2026 at 10:37=E2=80=AFAM Jordan Meinecke &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jordanmein=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left=
-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">No one wants to hear your negative opinions</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 1, 2026, at 5:58=E2=80=AFPM, Theo Phil=
ip &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">tphilip96@g=
mail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF</div></blockquote></div><div dir=3D"auto"><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think I agree with=
 the=C2=A0reviewer. BoC&#39;s drum beats are just so boring. The songs I re=
ally 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 rig=
ht to children. Compare to a contemporary like Amon Tobin, and this is for =
me what would make their tracks more enjoyable to listen to.=C2=A0</div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 1=
 Jun 2026 at 22:03, Zheanna Murray &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:zhea.taylor@gmail.=
com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-w=
idth:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204=
,204,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr">Have had a chance to spin it a few times now fr=
ont to back; it certainly sounds more &quot;modern&quot; than any prior BOC=
 stuff, in my opinion - not that that&#39;s a bad thing at all. It still fe=
els very BOC, and while it doesn&#39;t feel like anything particularly revo=
lutionary (can anyone say they truly expected that from them to begin with?=
), it&#39;s a pleasure to listen to and I&#39;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&#39;s something about those vocal slices tha=
t is unsettling, and I don&#39;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&#39;s masterwork &quot;Mephisto&quot;, for example, o=
r Francis Monkman&#39;s &quot;Perpetual Motion&quot; 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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;=
border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)=
"><div dir=3D"auto">That said,<div dir=3D"auto">The Crowded House-adjacent =
guitar this time around is their coolest deployment of guitar ever imo and =
I would be psyched if there&#39;s any more of that to come.=C2=A0</div><div=
 dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also the synthetic Clouddead flow=
s in the super cutup vocals tracks is a bold choice that works way better t=
han 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"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM=
 Rjyan Kidwell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">c=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:s=
olid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr">=
When I listened to bits and pieces of it while doing other things, I didn&#=
39;t care for it at all.<div>Then today I ended up sitting 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.=C2=A0</div><div><br>=
I think the increasing enshittification of everything tech, and trashiness =
of everything about AI, has kinda called the whole &quot;artist must make P=
ROGRESS&quot; framing into question for me on a fundamental level. At age 4=
0 I prob would have been right there with ppl saying, &quot;They&#39;ve add=
ed nothing/They&#39;ve evolved none!&quot; but at age 45 I&#39;m actually r=
eally genuinely glad that these two weirdos still get to live in a beautifu=
l place out 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 His=
tory of The Nuum moment to be a net gain/good deal for the rest of the spec=
ies.=C2=A0</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 Fink &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
om" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-lef=
t-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"auto">The album rules, review is rubb=
ish</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David Newman, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dwnewman@=
clara.co.uk" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex=
;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"auto">Just going to a list=
ening 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 happy=C2=A0<div><br=
 id=3D"m_8758996677595107326m_-1412211526835473959m_-3072126643699566337m_-=
2512781088294948826m_-6851406460683774907m_194040298882962608m_447304322741=
7954994m_200966731321310408lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div>Best wishes</div><div><br></div>David Newman - shorter message sent =
from a mobile device =F0=9F=93=B2</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote typ=
e=3D"cite">On 28 May 2026, at 21:00, Zombiefly &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:zombie=
[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">zombiefly@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; 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:repeat">just</span> heard it.<div><span style=3D"border-style:n=
one;background:repeat">the</span> review is bang on.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>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 richard pric=
e &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" t=
arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;=
border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)=
"><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 Set=
h Branum, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-widt=
h:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,20=
4,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr">BoC&#39;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 Re=
n=C3=A9 Wilhelm &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;b=
order-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ragebait</div></div>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon=
, 25 May 2026 at 15:05, Richard Barnett &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:richard.d.bar=
[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-l=
eft-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><div><a href=3D"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/bo=
ards-of-canada-inferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-=
a-big-disappointment" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_b=
lank">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-infern=
o-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment<=
/a></div><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><b=
r><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><div>Richard Barnett<br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></di=
v>
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ignature">~Theo Philip<div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D=
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ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">~Theo Philip<div><a href=3D"mailto:tphilip96=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div></div>
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