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

Connor Higgins <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:07:43 +0200
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How adorable. To think your subjective experience can channel the artist=E2=
=80=99s
intention. I prefer my immersion the way god intended.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 9:32=E2=80=AFPM Jordan Meinecke <jordanmeinecke@gmai=
l.com>
wrote:

> That's cute, I prefer my immersion the way the artist intended
>
> On Jun 2, 2026, at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM, Theo Philip <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>
> =EF=BB=BF
> 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">How adorable. To think your subjective experience can cha=
nnel the artist=E2=80=99s intention. I prefer my immersion the way god inte=
nded.=C2=A0</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 9:32=E2=80=AFP=
M Jordan Meinecke &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">jordanmei=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Th=
at&#39;s cute, I prefer my immersion the way the artist intended</div></div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 2,=
 2026, at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM, Theo Philip &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tphilip96@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></block=
quote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D=
"ltr">Well, I do really like the songs without the=C2=A0drums in. I&#39;d r=
ather hear an album from them that&#39;s more atmospheric, because on the t=
racks they take this approach it is much more immersive and interesting.</d=
iv><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><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left=
:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>The vowel, timing bendin=
g on father and son is very interesting!<br id=3D"m_5664232631693697916m_-1=
412211526835473959lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><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:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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, 202=
6, at 5:58=E2=80=AFPM, Theo Philip &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote=
></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF</div></blockquo=
te></div><div dir=3D"auto"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div =
dir=3D"ltr">I think I agree with the=C2=A0reviewer. BoC&#39;s drum beats ar=
e 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 l=
ike Amon Tobin, and this is for me what would make their tracks more enjoya=
ble 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 h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
m</a>&gt; 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 front to bac=
k; 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 feels very B=
OC, and while it doesn&#39;t feel like anything particularly revolutionary =
(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 Fath=
er And Son but there&#39;s something about those vocal slices that is unset=
tling, and I don&#39;t just mean their subject matter. Several tracks (Hydr=
ogen Helium Lithium Leviathan and Arena Americanada especially) remind me a=
 bit of the catalogue stuff made for Bruton Music in the 80s....shades of M=
ark Shreeve&#39;s masterwork &quot;Mephisto&quot;, for example, or Francis =
Monkman&#39;s &quot;Perpetual Motion&quot; off the Energism album. Love tha=
t bold sound.</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 Rjyan Kidwell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" 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:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">That said,<div dir=3D"auto">=
The Crowded House-adjacent guitar this time around is their coolest deploym=
ent of guitar ever imo and I would be psyched if there&#39;s any more of th=
at to come.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also t=
he synthetic Clouddead flows in the super cutup vocals tracks is a bold cho=
ice 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_attr">=
On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 4:18 AM Rjyan Kidwell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:cexwell@gm=
ail.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:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">When I listene=
d 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 a=
nything else and I had a real good time.=C2=A0</div><div><br>I think the in=
creasing enshittification of everything tech, and trashiness of everything =
about AI, has kinda called the whole &quot;artist must make PROGRESS&quot; =
framing into question for me on a fundamental level. At age 40 I prob would=
 have been right there with ppl saying, &quot;They&#39;ve added nothing/The=
y&#39;ve evolved none!&quot; but at age 45 I&#39;m actually really genuinel=
y 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.=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"gmail_q=
uote"><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]" rel=3D"noref=
errer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; 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"auto">The album rule=
s, review is rubbish</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 29 May 2026, 06:12 David Newman, &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">dwnewman=
@clara.co.uk</a>&gt; 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);paddin=
g-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 tomorrow=
=E2=80=99s harvest I=E2=80=99m happy=C2=A0<div><br id=3D"m_5664232631693697=
916m_-1412211526835473959m_-3072126643699566337m_-2512781088294948826m_-685=
1406460683774907m_194040298882962608m_4473043227417954994m_2009667313213104=
08lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><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 202=
6, at 21:00, Zombiefly &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"no=
referrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r><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% repea=
t">just</span> heard it.<div><span style=3D"border-style:none;background:0%=
 0% repeat">the</span> review is bang on.</div><div><br></div><div>how disa=
ppointing</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 price &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_=
blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20=
4,204);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, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" r=
el=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<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&#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 Ren=C3=A9 Wilhelm &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer n=
oreferrer" 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: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 &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; 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>
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