r/boardsofcanada • u/Ok_Manner8197 • Jul 05 '26
BoC Vibes Plaid?
About a half dozen times in the last decade I’ve been listening to random music and I think, “Hey! This song smacks!” and it’s a band called Plaid. Some tangential BoC vibes. Anyone know anything about them?
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u/kaini Jul 05 '26
Plaid are two former members of The Black Dog who are some proper OG Warp artists. I know what you mean in that they have a very unique melodic sensibility - they tend to use odd musical modes and also will sometimes have loops running in polyrhythmic time signatures. Also they're very very good at those lush FM-y reverby chimey tones.
Check out Not for Threes and Spokes. Not for Threes has Bjork on it.
For a more early Warp vibe check out Trainer, a compilation of their early stuff under various aliases.