Boards of Canada Break Silence with Haunting New Tracks 'Introit' & 'Prophecy At 1420 MHz'
The enigmatic Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada have returned with new music after a decade-long hiatus, unveiling two tracks from their forthcoming album 'Inferno'.
The electronic music world is abuzz as Boards of Canada have dropped the first sonic breadcrumbs from their highly anticipated comeback album, ‘Inferno.’ Listeners can now immerse themselves in ‘Introit’ and ‘Prophecy At 1420 MHz.’
The Scottish electronic duo is gearing up to release their fifth studio album on May 29 via Warp Records. This 18-track collection, a follow-up to 2013’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest,’ will be available in various physical formats and digital platforms. Pre-orders are open here.
'Introit' serves as an ethereal introduction, characterized by spectral, retro-futurist synthesizer textures. 'Prophecy At 1420 MHz' unfolds as a hypnotic, gradually intensifying track with a subtly ominous vibe. The song's title references the deep space frequency employed in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the track features muffled, distorted vocals that seem to emerge from the static.
Check out the video for the two tracks, directed by Robert Beatty, here:
The anticipation for this release has been building steadily. The return of BoC was initially signaled by a poster campaign, bearing designs reminiscent of their seminal 1998 debut album ‘Music Has The Right To Children.’ These posters were spotted by eagle-eyed fans in locations spanning from London and New York to California and Shibuya.
Even in the 13 years since their last album, the band has maintained a subtle presence through sporadic remixes, archival reissues, and a notable NTS DJ mix.
Further fueling the excitement, a dedicated Boards of Canada enthusiast discovered that a website previously used to disseminate clues related to their activities had been reactivated, displaying the cryptic message: “nobody home…” followed by its Morse code equivalent.
Reports also surfaced of fans receiving VHS tapes adorned with the signature Boards of Canada hexagon-mesh logo. According to the archival resource BoC Pages, these tapes contained audio from an advertisement for a Christian bible school magazine that ceased publication in 1991.
‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ received a four-star rating in an NME review back in 2013, which playfully dubbed the band as the “anti-Daft Punk.” The review highlighted the stark contrast between Boards of Canada’s dark and unsettling soundscapes and the sunny, collaborative nature of Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories,’ painting ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ as “more nuclear winter than summer anthem.”
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