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 12:25:29 -0700
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--Apple-Mail-0A2D43E8-445C-4199-889F-C446A7E3E2B3 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">That's cute, I prefer my imme= rsion the way the artist intended</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type= =3D"cite">On Jun 2, 2026, at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM, Theo Philip <tphilip96@gma= il.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div d= ir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Well, I do really like the songs withou= t the drums in. I'd rather hear an album from them that's more atmosphe= ric, because on the tracks they take this approach it is much more immersive= and interesting.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">= <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 19:33, David New= man <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>>= wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0= px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>The v= owel, timing bending on father and son is very interesting!<br id=3D"m_-1412= 211526835473959lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align= :start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0= px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-= spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-sp= ace:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal= ">Best wishes</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">David Newman</p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",san= s-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)"><a href=3D"http://www.audiobulb.com/" target=3D= "_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(11,118,160)">www.audiobulb.com</span></a>&= nbsp;: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica= Light",sans-serif">exploratory music</span><span style=3D"font-size:10= pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size= :10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,16= 0)"><a href=3D"http://www.audiomoves.com/" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"= color:rgb(11,118,160)">www.audiomoves.com</span></a></span><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif"> : amb= ient music sync specialist</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:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,118,160)"><a href= =3D"http://www.volume-objects.com/" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:r= gb(11,118,160)">www.volume-objects.com</span></a></span><span style=3D"font-= size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif"> : abstra= ct ambience :: broken space</span></p></div></div></div> </div> <div><br><div>On 2 Jun 2026, at 17:59, Alan Lucas <<a href=3D"mailto:aluc= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br><di= v><div dir=3D"auto">On the contrary, I=E2=80=99m quite happy to hear all man= ner of opinions.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I like a= lot of the album so far, but Father And Son sounds like something that The B= ooks would have done back around 2005. Same with The Word Becomes Flesh, but= that one is slightly less bothersome to me for whatever reason. </div>= <div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"= dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 1= 0:37=E2=80=AFAM Jordan Meinecke <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= om" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><bloc= kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1= px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"lt= r"></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=AF= PM, Theo Philip <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"= >[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote ty= pe=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF</div></blockquote></div><div dir=3D"a= uto"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think I a= gree 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 an= d Deep Time on Inferno, Bocuma and The Color of The Fire on music has the ri= ght to children. Compare to a contemporary like Amon Tobin, and this is for m= e what would make their tracks more enjoyable to listen to. </div><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 1 Ju= n 2026 at 22:03, Zheanna Murray <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= 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 sol= id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Have had a chance to s= pin 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 r= evolutionary (can anyone say they truly expected that from them to begin wit= h?), it's a pleasure to listen to and I'm certain it will grow on me even mo= re over time. <div><br></div><div>Everyone seems to be enamored with Fa= ther And Son but there's something about those vocal slices that is unsettli= ng, and I don't just mean their subject matter. Several tracks (Hydrogen Hel= ium Lithium Leviathan and Arena Americanada especially) remind me a bit of t= he catalogue stuff made for Bruton Music in the 80s....shades of Mark Shreev= e's masterwork "Mephisto", for example, or Francis Monkman's "Perpetual Moti= on" off the Energism album. Love that bold sound.</div><div><br></div><div>Z= </div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a= ttr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 1:42=E2=80=AFPM Rjyan Kidwell <<a href=3D"mai= lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br= ></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;b= order-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Th= at 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 th= ere's any more of that to come. </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d= ir=3D"auto">Also the synthetic Clouddead flows in the super cutup vocals tra= cks is a bold choice that works way better than I would have expected. = </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"au= to">-rk</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"= gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM Rjyan Kidwell <<a href=3D"mailto= :[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></= div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bord= er-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">When I= listened to bits and pieces of it while doing other things, I didn't care f= or it at all.<div>Then today I ended up sitting down on a couch and listenin= g to the whole thing (on shuffle, by accident) without doing or focusing on a= nything else and I had a real good time. </div><div><br>I think the inc= reasing enshittification of everything tech, and trashiness of everything ab= out AI, has kinda called the whole "artist must make PROGRESS" framing into q= uestion for me on a fundamental level. At age 40 I prob would have been righ= t there with ppl saying, "They've added nothing/They've evolved none!" but a= t age 45 I'm actually really genuinely 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 think they need to invent a whole nother ae= sthetic or History of The Nuum moment to be a net gain/good deal for the res= t of the species. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-rk</div></d= iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On S= at, May 30, 2026 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Elijah Fink <<a href=3D"mailto:efink0= [email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>= ; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0= px 0.8ex;border-left: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"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David New= man, <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,= 204,204);padding-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 t= han tomorrow=E2=80=99s harvest I=E2=80=99m happy <div><br id=3D"m_-1412= 211526835473959m_-3072126643699566337m_-2512781088294948826m_-68514064606837= 74907m_194040298882962608m_4473043227417954994m_200966731321310408lineBreakA= tBeginningOfSignature"><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 type=3D"cite">On 28 May 2026, at 21:00, Zom= biefly <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferr= er" 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:0% 0% repeat">just</span> heard i= t.<div><span style=3D"border-style:none;background:0% 0% repeat">the</span> r= eview 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 M= ay 2026 at 23:55, steven richard price <<a href=3D"mailto:priceey2@gmail.= com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&= gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p= x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div di= r=3D"auto">Truly awful review. </div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di= v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026, 20:04 Seth Branum, &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_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" class=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 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"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,hel= vetica,sans-serif">ragebait</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d= ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 15:05, Richard Barnet= t <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noref= errer 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"ltr= "><div><a href=3D"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-ca= nada-inferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disap= pointment" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https:= //www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-afte= r-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment</a></div><div>= <br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"l= tr" 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_signa= ture"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif" style=3D"font-famil= y:tahoma,sans-serif">----------------------------------------</font><div><fo= nt face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> = ; not sent from an iDevice</font></div><div><span style=3D"font= -size:12.8px"><font face=3D"tahoma, sans-serif" style=3D"font-family: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></div></blockquote></div></div> </div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><= br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"lt= r" class=3D"gmail_signature">~Theo Philip<div><a href=3D"mailto:tphilip96@gm= ail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div></div> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-0A2D43E8-445C-4199-889F-C446A7E3E2B3--