Boards of Canada Announce 'Inferno,' Their First Album in 13 Years

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While Boards of Canada have maintained a relatively low profile since their last album, they've offered glimpses of activity through remixes, archival reissues, and an NTS DJ mix.

Another cryptic sign emerged when a fan discovered that a website previously used for their promotional clues, which had been displaying 404 errors, was revived with the message: “nobody home…” followed by a Morse code repetition of the phrase.

Earlier this month, fans reported receiving VHS tapes bearing the Boards of Canada hexagon-mesh logo. According to archivist page BoC Pages, these tapes contained audio from an advertisement for a Christian bible school magazine that ceased publication in 1991.

The band also recently dropped a mysterious new track called 'Tape 05', an ambient piece featuring a harp melody interwoven with subtle shoegaze textures.

Check out Boards of Canada's first new music in 13 years
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Boards Of Canada’s tracklist for ‘Inferno’ is:

'Introit'
'Prophecy At 1420 MHz'
'Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan'
'Age Of Capricorn'
'Father And Son'
'Somewhere Right Now In The Future'
'Naraka'
'Acts Of Magic'
'Memory Death'
'The Word Becomes Flesh'
'Into The Magic Land'
'Blood In The Labyrinth'
'Deep Time'
'All Reason Departs'
'Arena Americanada'
'The Process'
'You Retreat In Time And Space'
'I Saw Through Platonia'

NME's 2013 review of 'Tomorrow's Harvest' awarded the album four stars, describing Boards of Canada as the “anti-Daft Punk,” noting the contrast between Daft Punk's sunny 'Random Access Memories' and Boards of Canada's darker, more unsettling soundscapes.

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