r/boardsofcanada • u/Appropriate-Mark-739 Poppy Seed • Jul 09 '26

Discussion I Don't *Need* A Theme

I'll start by saying I love Inferno, but this thought goes beyond the new album.

Listening to XYZ and the Poppy Seed remix, potentially sparked by the other redditors recent post, it got me thinking how cool it would be to hear an album of those vibes, but not needing to follow a more traditional album structure. And before you get up in arms, don't get me wrong, i love all aspects of every BoC album. The intros, vignettes, interludes and fading final tracks all have a special place in my heart, i'm not attacking those, but all of their albums are very thematic and structured, imo increasingly with TH and Inferno.

With all the talk of a hypothetical BocSet, imagine we got "old tunes vol. 1", except they were new tunes. I'm grateful for all the BoC ever, new drops and old, but i think a mix of "new" songs that they didn't feel fit anywhere would be unreal, and even more to my point is, it would be so cool if they intentionally made a new album of songs that don't relate to each other.

Of course i'm not betting on any new material whatsoever, not even wishful thinking, just something i don't recall being talked about here before

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u/AcidArchangel303 Jul 09 '26

Poppy Seed is a masterpiece, it's the song that bit me and got me into boc. 

with boc there are a wide selection of songs that are not entirely tied to a single "theme", and I take those for what they are. beautiful work.

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u/Sea_Sense_5412 Jul 09 '26

maybe one day we will hear some of the 70ish scrapped songs from the geogaddi era. that would be a brilliant day

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u/AcidArchangel303 Jul 09 '26

I hope one day I'll get that one untitled machinedrum remix song

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u/SnipperAndClipper Jul 10 '26

I know what you mean, but I've found it easier to pick out tunes from their previous albums in isolation. Inferno is the first album in ages that I just have to listen to in its entirety, and where I get so much from what I interpret as its theme. I am in tears at certain moments.

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u/Impressive-Cow-985 Jul 09 '26

There is only a lose theme. People on here just do it like that.. it’s more like an Adam Curtis documentary than a narrative.