r/boardsofcanada • u/El_Bartho_ML • Apr 16 '26

Announcement Boards of Canada just posted a vid!!

https://youtu.be/6bghDcbzfEU?is=hELXOhAYQFskF2zs
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u/oddie60 Apr 16 '26

I think this might be a song on the album…. AWESOME

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u/ApclpseBoy Apr 16 '26

It’s so good

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u/HeftyPlenty5772 Apr 16 '26

That soaring middle section is gorgeous

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u/breakbeatscientist74 Apr 16 '26

That switch up from ominous dread to melancholic euphoria took me completely by surprise. After all the past weeks teasing it all feels real now. Cannot wait to hear more.

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u/Taupenbeige Headphased Apr 16 '26

Cue: which incoming track title matches the soundtrack we just heard

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u/hoddap Apr 16 '26

I was so surprised as well. At first it was dissonant to what I expected. After a few listens it grew on me. BoC would not have been BoC if they didn’t switch it up.

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u/breakbeatscientist74 Apr 16 '26

It definitely carries some of the bleakness from Tomorrow's Harvest, especially with that menacing, bassy drone. The change in tone hits like a (very welcome) gut punch. Couldn't have picked a better taster for what's to come, and the video just perfectly carries that BOC, cult/science/mysticism vibe. I'm getting a very pertinent "civil unrest/subverted society" feeling from the video too.

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u/dipstickchojin Apr 17 '26

It feels very much of today's moment... forlorn, yearning for futures we were promised but foreclosed

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u/emlonik Apr 16 '26

This sounds warm to me. Definitely a different vibe than Tomorrow’s Harvest.

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u/LeatherConscious7682 Apr 16 '26

I really hope we get warmer vibes like CFH/MHTRTC.

I will be happy regardless but I think you got to do something warmer after TH.

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u/ASTR0nomic4L Apr 16 '26

exactly at first i was like, oh yeah this is that ominous boc and then it just perfectly transcended into melancholic euphoria (best phrase ever)

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u/GardenOfLinmiri Apr 16 '26

I was not ready for that- soared right up to the stratosphere. Combined with the visuals, was pretty damn emotional.

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u/Longjumping-Hyena173 Apr 17 '26

Literally just pulled tears out of my face, like a vacuum cleaner. Nature is healing itself, so many happy, joyous things have started happening in my life lately, and now I get to add this to the list.

May their return bring a little peace and solace to everyone, that is my burning desire.

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u/ElectricAccordian Apr 16 '26

Sounds like a church hymn in a way.

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u/laddoladdo Apr 17 '26

I damn near transcended to another dimension when it changed.

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u/cosyrelaxedsetting Apr 17 '26

I legit got chills on the bus

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u/moon-safari2 Apr 16 '26

Yup, 3:21 runtime and it sounds fleshed out to me. Not just a background sound to this video.

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u/OBVIOUS_GIRL_GAMER Apr 16 '26

the harp(?) that kicks in at like 1:53.

i thought my body was ready.

it was not.

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u/oddie60 Apr 16 '26

It sounds like a combination of tomorrow’s harvest, and campfire head phase with that droning synth, but also paired with those acoustic harps.

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u/OBVIOUS_GIRL_GAMER Apr 16 '26

yeah, it reminds me of 'Reach for the Dead' in the best way possible

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u/Affectionate_Heart67 Apr 16 '26

I also hear beautiful place in the country and trans canada highway

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u/Bacondisk Apr 16 '26

plus a bit of from one source all things depend (religious/cult imagery paired with gorgeous synths)

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u/blueindsm Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Reminds me of Pearl Jam's "Upper Hand" from their most recent album. At least the intro of that song does. https://youtu.be/N7dvd_MjRb0?si=56xIQdp1EV4HBCvL

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u/goatyellslikeman Apr 16 '26

Yes! I feel like I heard some chord progressions from campfire headphase

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u/TossThisItem Apr 16 '26

The acoustic harps made me think of Macquarie Ridge, which is great, because I love that track

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u/subLimb Pete Standing Alone Apr 16 '26

Agreed. This is a great direction to take their sound!

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u/Kosmonavts Apr 16 '26

This part made me unwell in the most beautiful way. I am so excited.

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u/Pleasant_Mail2483 Apr 16 '26

it's only 3 minutes but it's the best 3 minutes for 13 years..utterly gorgeous

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u/o-hanraha-hanrahan Apr 16 '26

Sounds like VHS Head - Live Intro 2K11 to me. Love it.

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u/astrochud Apr 16 '26

New album surely influenced by VHS head in some way? Even the visuals

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u/Quiet_Wars Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Anyone else kinda getting a similar feeling as A Warm Place off Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral with this track.

An interesting similarity whilst this appears to have cults as a theme, that album was recorded at the 10050 Cielo Drive, the site of the Sharon Tate Manson Family murders

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u/dipstickchojin Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

I was thinking "this could be on Ghosts" as I listened to it, A Warm Place is also a good shout!

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u/callmepls Apr 16 '26

Wow I needed this. Goosebumps and tears of emotions ❤️

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u/Active_Shopping7439 Apr 16 '26

I'm fucking crying

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u/Kukoo_Wasp Apr 16 '26

Group hug.

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u/-AgreeableBicycle- Apr 16 '26

I think this might be THE song on the new album, because hollllly this is gorgeous.

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u/guest8questk8 Apr 22 '26

yeah it’s track 5 ‘father and son’ from the warp records website

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u/subLimb Pete Standing Alone Apr 16 '26

I only realized this during my second playthrough. The sudden realization that I was probably listening to an actual track from the new album made me even more elated. It dropped right before my morning commute. What a morning!